Execute a script from other file

Question

I want to know if it's possible to import/include a script into other one?

In my case, my main script asked simply a choice from the user. And according to this choice, I want to include the other script.

print (30 * '-')
print (" M A I N - M E N U")
print (30 * '-')
print 'Information'
print (30 * '-')
print ("1. Choice 1")
print ("2. Choice 2")
print ("3. Choice 3")
print (30 * '-')
is_valid=0
while not is_valid :
 try :
 choice = int ( raw_input('Enter your choice [1-3] : ') )
 is_valid = 1 ## set it to 1 to validate input and to terminate the while..not loop
 except ValueError, e :
 print ("'%s' is not a valid integer." % e.args[0].split(": ")[1])
if choice == 1:
 # Here I want to include the other script from other file.

• DYZ: You've got to learn about writing and importing modules.
• Kyle: Is this another python script? If so, see what @DyZ says above. If it's some other language, a shell call can work if there isn't a better solution.
• Jason Hu: why the indentation is so wide?
• a.lejeune626: Well, thanks i've found. I've just written import name_of_the_other_file but when i test my script, it executes me directly this other file. Or i wanna do it only if the user selects it
• ChootsMagoots: In addition to what others have said, it's probably worth checking this, regarding if __name__ == '__main__' out.

Answer 1

As DyZ said, take a look at importing modules.

as a simple example, suppose that you have the following folder structure

• src/
  • main.py
  • moduleA/
    • __init__.py
    • menu.py

If you run the above code under src, you can import menu.py in main.py like:

from moduleA import menu

ps.: arguments can be easily parsed with: https://docs.python.org/3.3/library/argparse.html

• a.lejeune626: Thanks, no, i've not this structure. Well, now, i know how to do it.
• Arthur Marques: @a.lejeune626 nice! As I'm trying to improve my rank, could you please mark the solution if it worked for you?