Running Python file within its self

Question

Is it possible to run another Python File from a Main Python File. For example:

I have a file Main.py and its servers as the main directory for the following files:

• Surface Area Calculator
• Scientific Calculator

How would you import a Python file to them. I was hoping to do this so I can keep myself organized.

Could that possible open a file with a .txt format but written in python?

Thanks

Answer 1

You don't need to point a Python file to them, you just need the import keyword to do that.

So, from your Main.py file you can do:

from other_python_file import SurfaceAreaCalculator, ScientificCalculator

This way you will "run" other_python_file.py file within Main.py.

If you want to run content from a TXT file, I guess you could use eval or execfile to do that. Don't know if it is such a good idea though...

• John Doe: Yes, but there's no reason to do that when you can just use file.py and import it.