Access a class in another python script

DBS davanand.bahall at gmail.com
Thu Oct 8 13:40:48 EDT 2015


On Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 11:46:05 PM UTC-7, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 10/8/2015 2:24 AM, DBS wrote:
> > I'm using Python 3.5 and have two python scripts where one needs
> > access to a class in the other script for authentication purposes.
> 
> Any python .py file can be either run as a main program or module (ie, 
> script) or imported as a module by another module.  If a file is meant 
> for both, it should end with
> 
> if __name__ == '__main__:
>      <what to do when running as main>
> 
> The latter is ofter to call a function main() defined previously.  If 
> you have a problem with this, write a **minimal** example with at most 
> 10 lines per file and post.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Terry Jan Reedy

Hello Terry,

Thanks.  Will do and get back with what come up with.  To clarify your repsonse, I need to change the file name to reflect __filename__.py and then import the needed components (classes and variables) accordingly?  



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