Current Location: ProjectName/src
Classes Location: ProjectName/Factory Modules/Factory Classes
Try 1:
from FactoryClass1 import FactoryClass1 Try 2:
import sys sys.path.append(path_to_classes_folder) from FactoryClass1 import FactoryClass1 However I keep getting 'ImportError: No module named PointSet'.
How should the import statement be written in order to be able on using the functions in the classes?
You may try something like:
import os.path, sys # Add current dir to search path. sys.path.insert(0, "dir_or_path") # Add module from the current directory. sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(os.path.realpath(__file__))) + "/dir") Which will add your directory to Python search path. Then you may import as usual.
To see which paths has been added, check by:
import sys from pprint import pprint pprint(sys.path) If still doesn't work, make sure that your module is the valid Python module (should contain __init__.py file inside the directory). If it is not, create empty one.
Alternatively to just load the classes inline, in Python 3 you may use exec(), for example:
exec(open(filename).read()) In Python 2: execfile().
See: Alternative to execfile in Python 3.2+?
If you run your script from the command-line, you can also specify your Python path by defining PYTHONPATH variable, so Python can lookup for modules in the provided directories, e.g.
PYTHONPATH=$PWD/FooDir ./foo.py For alternative solutions check: How to import other Python files?