Importing a module from another module in python

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I know this question is very common and may be tagged as duplicate, however I have read almost all answers and nothing helps. I am writing this question in desperation. My file structures is the following:

my_project
|--__init__.py
|--some_file.py
|--module1 
  |--a.py 
  |--__init__.py
|--module2
  |--b.py
  |--__init__.py

what I want to do is to import functionality of a.py in b.py I write

from module1 import a

This throws an error "there is no module named module1"
I am working in python3.7.4

Check [this post](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13598958/import-modules-from-different-folders) and let me know if it works. — Daniel Ocando, Feb 03 '20 at 07:43

mohsinali · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-03T08:07:56.313

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What you are doing there is called a relative import, you can read more about them here. try doing the following.

from .module1 import a

A relative import specifies the resource to be imported relative to the current location.

edited Feb 03 '20 at 08:07

answered Feb 03 '20 at 07:56

mohsinali

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