[Tutor] How can I add my folder to pythonpath?

[Kent Johnson]

Emily Fortuna wrote:
> If I understand what you're asking (forgive me if I misunderstood), you 
> need to create a file in the mymodules directory and call it __init__.py 
> (even if you don't put anything in this file).  This tells Python that 
> it is a package containing modules.  Then, in your program myprogram.py, 
> you can say import mymodule1
> mymodule1.function_name('foo')
> Then it shouldn't matter what computer you are on; the script should run.

That is close but not quite right. The correct import will be
from mymodules import mymodule1

Kent

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> Laszlo Antal wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is how my directory looks
>> myprogram    (this is the main folder for my program)
>> |
>>   myprogram.py
>>   mymodules  (this is where I store my modules)
>>       |
>>         mymodule1.py
>>         mymodule2.py
>>
>> I would like to import from mymodules folder my modules1.py, 
>> mymodules2.py into myprogram.py.
>>
>> How can I add mymodules folder to pythonpath
>> from myprogram.py.?
>> So if I copy myprogram folder into an other pc than   myprogram.py can 
>> take care of adding mymodules folder to pythonpath.
>>
>> Thank you in advance
>> Laszlo Antal
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