🔒 Python import (VS code)

[leaden pilot]

Hello, I am tired of looking for a solution to the problem with import in VS code. If anyone can help me I will be grateful.Import is from tryg in main (this is an example), the thing is that import is not possible neither with relative import nor with import from native file, it constantly writes that the module is not found. I found a solution to this problem, which is to write before importing os.path to the file from which the function is imported or something else. But when examining other people's code, I don't find any such methods. Can anyone help with this?

[velvet hedge]

@leaden pilot

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[analog hill]

i think problem with vscode, that it sets working dir to dir of your file
os.getcwd()

im pretty sure if you set os.chdir() to your src dir, it will start recognising folders as modules

[leaden pilot]

And how to implement it?

from launch.json to .vscode?

[analog hill]

go to settings icon on lower left corner of vscode

emm hmm. that depends if you launch your vscode from repo root

oh and maybe you are not using jupyter haha. my bad

[leaden pilot]

Yeah, I don't.

[analog hill]

i think stuff in launch.json is for debugging purposes, you can add "cwd" key there. idk how to change run w/o a debug

[leaden pilot]

Some kind of crappy problem. Although pycharm does not have this problem inside the IDE, but for example in the terminal itself there will be a problem

[leaden pilot]

Why is it working fine for everyone?

[lethal horizon]

relative import
That will work if you instead had this

main.py
my_lib/
|  - gggq/
|    |  - tryg.py
|  - hit_pp/
|    |  - other.py

# other.py
import ..gggq.tryg

# main.py
import my_lib
...

I heard that PyCharm solves this for you, but personally I use vscode so idk how true that is

You could also try set the PYTHONPATH env variable

[lethal horizon]

Yeah well you don't have what I posted, so it doesn't work

[leaden pilot]

aaa

second

[leaden pilot]

imports have been written in main

[lethal horizon]

That's still not what I wrote

[leaden pilot]

aaa

import

[lethal horizon]

main.py should be in the same level as src in your case

some_top_level_folder/
  main.py
  src/
    gggq/
      __init__.py
      tryg.py
    hit_pp/
      __init__.py
      other_s.py

[leaden pilot]

It still doesn't work

[lethal horizon]

What's the error msg?

[leaden pilot]

same

[lethal horizon]

which file did you try to run? (it cutoff in the screenshot)

[leaden pilot]

tryg

[lethal horizon]

and that won't work, you run main.py then inside main.py call stuff in tryg

E.g.

• If I run main.py here, no errors
• If I run apple.py, it'll tell me relative import error

[leaden pilot]

I made it run in main with a function call, but still nothing works.

stop

worked

[lethal horizon]

Well it still doesn't work fully, but you're closer to it working
It's now a different error saying no pop_a is in tryg

[leaden pilot]

That was my mistake.

But

When I see these launches from a neighboring folder in other people's vids, for some reason everything works, how so?

or should I always run the file from the topmost directory when launching the code?

[lethal horizon]

Honestly I'm not really sure either

[leaden pilot]

I have been struggling with this for 3 days and found only a couple of good videos with my problem, and it is solved only with crutches, although in pycharm everything worked fine.

[lethal horizon]

PyCharm probably does some magic behind the scenes (changing PYTHONPATH/sys.path without you knowing or something, idk cause again I don't use it)

[leaden pilot]

Yes, it does this trick and I figured out how, and I'm trying to figure out how to do the same in VS code.

[analog hill]

when i launch reglar .py files in vscode, it sets working dir to my root

i can set working dir to file directory and add python path via launch,json

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Python: Current File",
            "type": "python",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${file}",
            "console": "integratedTerminal",
            "justMyCode": true,
            "cwd": "${fileDirname}",
            "env": {
                "PYTHONPATH": "${workspaceRoot}",  //  "${workspaceRoot}"${workspaceFolder}
            }
        }
    ]
    
}

it seems that "Python: Current File" config runs for both debug and non-debug mode

but again. i can just assume that you have launched your vscode by setting work root to src folder

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