Importing a function

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1

For some reason, I can’t import a function from another file.
I’ve tried:

# levels.py
def level():
    return 1

# main.py
from levels import *
print(level())

But it outputs an error:

root@1de6ab8b7b69:~/my-project# /bin/python3 /home/workspace/my-project/main.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/workspace/my-project/main.py", line 16, in <module>
    print(level())
NameError: name 'level' is not defined. Did you mean: 'eval'?

Why?

2 
$ cat levels.py 
def level():
    return 1

$ cat main.py 
from levels import *
print(level())

$ python main.py 
1

It works just fine. You probably have another module called “levels” which shadows the one you think you’re importing.

Try doing from levels import level instead of from levels import *. This should raise ImportError and show you which module python is actually trying to import from.

3

Please show the exact code you are executing. Your main.py file contains something else, since the error message points to line 16, but the main.py you posted only contains 2 lines.

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4

You probably have another module called “levels” which shadows the one you think you’re importing.

It is unlikely that this is causing a problem.
First, my project looks like this:
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Secondly, from levels import level
outputs a link to this levels.py:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/workspace/my-project/main.py", line 2, in <module>
    from levels import level
ImportError: cannot import name 'level' from 'levels' (/home/workspace/my-project/levels.py)
5

Double check that levels.py does in fact contain a level function. Perhaps you have misspelled it as levels or something.

Importing a function works as expected, as demonstrated above. You must be doing something different from the code you’ve posted.

6

Another possibility is that you haven’t saved levels.py since adding the function levels().

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7

LOL It turns out it was necessary to run levels.py to save it

8

Your editor environment probably does have a plain old
“save-without-run” operation. If it’s got a “File” menu, see if that has
a “Save”, probably with a key binding (which would save opening the
menu).

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