Python Module

Apr 3, 2023

It turns out that we need to write cs50.get_int(...) when we import the entire library. This allows us to namespace functions, or keep their names in different spaces, with different prefixes. Then, multiple libraries with a get_int function won’t collide.

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>>> import fibo
>>> fibo.fib(1000)
>>> fibo.fib2(100)

>>> fibo.__name__
'fibo'
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>>> from fibo import fib, fib2
>>> fib(500)
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>>> from fibo import *
>>> fib(500)

This imports all names except those beginning with an underscore (_). In most cases Python programmers do not use this facility since it introduces an unknown set of names into the interpreter, possibly hiding some things you have already defined.

Adding an empty __init__.py file to the folder to indicate that the directory is importable.

• Python sys
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