Dynamically import specific names from a module vs importing full module

[Ned Batchelder]

On Monday, August 22, 2016 at 4:22:09 PM UTC-4, Malcolm Greene wrote:
> Python 3.5: Is there a way to dynamically import specific names from a
> module vs importing the full module?
> 
> By dynamic I mean via some form of importlib machinery, eg. I'm looking
> for the dynamic "from <module> import <name>" equivalent of "import
> <module>"'s importlib.import_module.
> 
> Thank you,
> Malcolm

You can use:

    the_mod = importlib.import_module("module")
    a = the_mod.a
    b = the_mod.b
    # or
    a = getattr(the_mod, 'a')
    b = getattr(the_mod, 'b')

--Ned.