importing modules from higher level directory

[Tom Pacheco]

from .. import module
or
from ..module import foo

this is intended for use within packages.

see
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0328/

also search for
python relative import


- tom

Nathan Huesken wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it somehow possible to import modules from *.py files in a higher
> level directory?
> Intuitively I would do
>
> import ../module
>
> but that does not work.
> How does it work?
>
> Thanks!
> Nathan
>