Everyone seems to want to tell you what you should be doing rather than just answering the question. The problem is that you’re running the module as ‘__main__’ by passing the mod1.py as an argument to the interpreter. From PEP 328: Relative imports use a module’s __name__ attribute to determine that module’s position in the … Read more
There are many ways to import a python file, all with their pros and cons. Don’t just hastily pick the first import strategy that works for you or else you’ll have to rewrite the codebase later on when you find it doesn’t meet your needs. I’ll start out explaining the easiest example #1, then I’ll … Read more
For Python 3.5+ use (docs): import importlib.util import sys spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(“module.name”, “/path/to/file.py”) foo = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec) sys.modules[“module.name”] = foo spec.loader.exec_module(foo) foo.MyClass() For Python 3.3 and 3.4 use: from importlib.machinery import SourceFileLoader foo = SourceFileLoader(“module.name”, “/path/to/file.py”).load_module() foo.MyClass() (Although this has been deprecated in Python 3.4.) For Python 2 use: import imp foo = imp.load_source(‘module.name’, ‘/path/to/file.py’) foo.MyClass() … Read more