🔒 Help with import of module

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[naive merlin]

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[icy current]

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[naive merlin]

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[swift briar]

do i need to paste the code into the https://paste.pythondiscord.com/ link to showcase it?

[naive merlin]

!code

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[icy current]

if it's long then yes.

[swift briar]

ah ok, so i pasted it in, what do i do next? sorry im new hehe

[icy current]

copy the link of the tab after you paste it and put the link here

[swift briar]

ah smart, here it is: https://paste.pythondiscord.com/KF5A

we are on line 490

[naive merlin]

i dont see you even use it

[icy current]

uhh quick tip its always best to put all the imports in the top,
btw whats the error?

[naive merlin]

CAPItols matter

[swift briar]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\Users\MrPhil.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2024.14.1-win32-x64\python_files\python_server.py", line 130, in exec_user_input
retval = callable_(user_input, user_globals)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Question'

[naive merlin]

you made the questions moduel?

[swift briar]

So i have my other file name exactly named "Question.py"

yeah i have the questions module as another file in the same directory

[naive merlin]

umm.. so like this

you want to import the whole thing?

then just one level import..

to use would be, Question.func in the module

[swift briar]

hmm im not sure i understand

[naive merlin]

show questions.py

i need to know what your trying todo

if each question is a func or what

[swift briar]

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/T54A

Im trying to get the class function that i made in the other file "Question.py" to work in my primary script by importing it, so i can use the defined parameters of the questions class to continue in my primary script

[naive merlin]

Im bowing out.. i dont use classes.. but perhaps for correct moduel use you need to also add if name main to it.

[lyric saffron]

I'm a bit confused as to what's going on here.
So you have 2 files in the same directory. One named whatever your main script is, and another named Question.py or is it a directory called Question with an init file inside?

[icy current]

i also dont know much about classes :/

[swift briar]

correct, 2 files. one is my main, another is the Question.py. The Question.py is where i have defined the class. and im trying to use or import that class into my main script

for anyone new to the thread, im trying to get my code at line 490 to work by importing my class named Question from another file called Question.py

[lyric saffron]

so your file structure looks something like this:

.
├── main.py
└── Question.py

And Question.py is https://paste.pythondiscord.com/T54A

Are you running main.py from the same working directory as the question file is in?

[swift briar]

correct. Yes i am running main.py from the same working directory

[icy current]

6 yellow :/

[swift briar]

6 yellow is from previous code before this part of the script at line 490. it should not interfere?

[icy current]

should'nt the sudents name be in a string format?

[icy current]

python is not able to recoginize your module
maye this is not working

[swift briar]

maybe hehe, but that part of the code is not belonging to this thread 😉

[icy current]

maybe trying making a __init__.py file

[swift briar]

do i just make a filename called that? and leave the file empty?

[icy current]

yes

if that also doesn't work then idk what to say X_X

[swift briar]

hmm sadly same error on this:

[sacred tapir]

what error are you running into?

[swift briar]

running into this error:

[sacred tapir]

can you comment out all the code and try this:

import os

print(os.getcwd())

[swift briar]

comment out all the code? (im new and not sure what this refers to), should i show all the code i wrote or the output of the code in the terminal?

[sacred tapir]

"commenting" it means put # before each line so python ignores it

[sacred tapir]

I'm not familiar with vsc so I'm not sure the hotkey to do it

looks like it might ctrl + K

and then ctrl + shift + K to uncomment after

[icy current]

ctrl + /

[sacred tapir]

is that the folder where your Question.py is?

was this always in your code?

or did copilot add it?

[swift briar]

output from os.getcwd is not the same directory as my file no. I dont know why it goes there

[swift briar]

copilot did not add any no 🙂 I manually write it all

[sacred tapir]

is this the folder where your Question.py is?

[swift briar]

yes

[sacred tapir]

then it should be working now

it's still the same error?

[swift briar]

yeah its still the same error

can it be due to a version of Python in visual?

[sacred tapir]

can you show the path at the top of the folder here?

[sacred tapir]

ok and can you try running your code in vsc and then send a screenshot of your full window without cropping anything

[sacred tapir]

lets see the top of the file

ideally you should be importing everything at the start

also did you install python from the microsoft store?

[swift briar]

or more correctly, like this:

[swift briar]

i installed it from the extensions tab which led me to the microsoft store i think so

[sacred tapir]

lets see the top of the Hello World file

but also I highly recommend uninstalling python and then downloading it from python.org instead

[swift briar]

top of file:

[swift briar]

does that work from visual studio too? 🙂

[sacred tapir]

yes, a python install is system wide

[swift briar]

alrighty, i will attempt to uninstall and reinstall from.org again. Is it sufficient to remove the extension and uninstall from system program/files folder?

[sacred tapir]

I'm not certain about the extension because I don't use vsc 😦

but couldn't hurt to have a clean install!

[icy current]

they already did it 2 times

[swift briar]

doing a clean uninstall then, will return in a few min when done

[sacred tapir]

they're using microsoft store python though

[icy current]

ahh makes sence

[swift briar]

when installing again, im asked to select an interpreter. What do i chose here?

[sacred tapir]

installing python or the extension?

[swift briar]

hmm when i tried to open my main python script again

[sacred tapir]

yes, select that python 3.12 interpreter

what settings did you choose for your python install?

There were some important ones in there

[lyric saffron]

Couldn't what's happening here be that VSCode runs the script in a different working directory than where the Question and Hello World files are?

[sacred tapir]

we checked cwd already

[sacred tapir]

where in your code is this line?

[swift briar]

i just chose the installer and i didnt give me any options to chose?

[sacred tapir]

it should have given you options during the installation process

[swift briar]

Now it shows the correct path at least, but code is still not accepted, same error - cant find module

[sacred tapir]

this error looks like it's still trying to run the old interpreter

did you restart vsc?

[swift briar]

what if i try to make a completely new file then with the same code?

[swift briar]

yup

[sacred tapir]

worth a shot. I'd avoid using spaces in your file names btw

hello_world.py instead

[swift briar]

i tried with the same error

[sacred tapir]

I'm not really certain how vsc does things but is there a reason you're using the Python REPL and not the terminal at the bottom?

also moving your folder structure is going to lead to import issues too

putting Myfile into a folder is not the same level that Hello World was at

[swift briar]

i just recreated the exact scripts at another file location

[sacred tapir]

ok except now you have Question2 and you're still just trying to import Question

[swift briar]

ah yes, i should correct that too 😄

[sacred tapir]

but it seems like this whole issue is caused by the .ipynb (notebook) file

is there a reason you're using that?

[swift briar]

no, what is that?

[sacred tapir]

it's a different way of running code in steps

you should be using the terminal to run your code

[swift briar]

by using the terminal:

[lyric saffron]

try running the original this way

[swift briar]

i can't run the original that way because it contains faulty code above this segment

[sacred tapir]

what do you mean by that?

comment out your entire code

then JUST do import Question

[swift briar]

my shortcut for commenting out dosent work, how to do?

[sacred tapir]

try ctrl + /

[icy current]

ctrl + /

[swift briar]

ctrl + / dosent work :/

[sacred tapir]

there might be an option in the menus at the top

maybe under Edit

and hopefully it also has the hotkey listed next to it

[swift briar]

toggle line comment? that seems to work on the selection i made

[sacred tapir]

yes that's it

[swift briar]

so should i i comment out everything or just the code i dont want to focus on?

[sacred tapir]

comment out everything

your only line of code that runs should be import Question

[sacred tapir]

is this what you're clicking to run it?

[swift briar]

aha

[sacred tapir]

what were you clicking before...?

[swift briar]

control shift to run the highlighted selection only

[icy current]

no wonder it was not working X_X

before.... (useful info :D)

[swift briar]

so importing only works by running with the arrow/terminal function? all previous code from 4 hour course worked that way

[lyric saffron]

If you run only the highlighted section using notebooks, the notebook runtime might run with a bad environment.
In this case, the notebook didn't even know your Question.py file existed.

[sacred tapir]

yeah I never really work with notebooks so I had no idea

[icy current]

i dont even know what are those XD

[sacred tapir]

but generally you should write your py files to run the entire thing at once

and if you only want to run a portion of it, those could be put into functions and just call what's necessary

[swift briar]

ahh okay, im trying to clean things up and get the script to run

so this happens when i run it:

[sacred tapir]

go back to using your original files

you're using chdir and that's not where your files are

but it is where your original files are

[swift briar]

sadly i cant run the code using the arrow option in my original script because it contains faulty code further up that it will stop on beforehand

so i made a clean one

[sacred tapir]

then don't run faulty code?

fix that code

or comment it out

[sacred tapir]

yes but you made it in a different location

[swift briar]

this is at my original file with all other code commented out

i dont understand the output, should it not give me an option to input something for the question if the import worked?

[sacred tapir]

try restarting vsc

it seems to be running an old version of the sript

[swift briar]

after restarting:

[icy current]

unless your forgot to make an input()

[sacred tapir]

you aren't calling your runtest function

[icy current]

true

[swift briar]

question: does it automatically identify the class from same directory without the need to import it? because just writing the file seems to pop up with the correct definitions.

hmm?

[icy current]

when you just import the module it will import everything but you have to call that function
when you import somthing from the module it will just import only that specific function (idk if this explaination is correct)

[swift briar]

with the added runtest. im super confused haha

oh nevermind i forgot to remove other code

[icy current]

like you just imported Question to use the question class in side the question.py you have to use Question.Question

[swift briar]

it works!

what is the Python.REPL file?

Thanks alot for the support, help is very appreciated

[lyric saffron]

that was created by your notebook / running only the selected line and should be safe to delete, unless you want to keep it.

[swift briar]

Then i'll delete that annoying file causing the trouble haha

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