Execute a script from other file

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I want to know if it's possible to import/include a script into other one?

In my case, my main script asked simply a choice from the user. And according to this choice, I want to include the other script.

print (30 * '-') print (" M A I N - M E N U") print (30 * '-') print 'Information' print (30 * '-') print ("1. Choice 1") print ("2. Choice 2") print ("3. Choice 3") print (30 * '-') is_valid=0 while not is_valid : try : choice = int ( raw_input('Enter your choice [1-3] : ') ) is_valid = 1 ## set it to 1 to validate input and to terminate the while..not loop except ValueError, e : print ("'%s' is not a valid integer." % e.args[0].split(": ")[1]) if choice == 1: # Here I want to include the other script from other file.

Is this another python script? If so, see what @DyZ says above. If it's some other language, a shell call can work if there isn't a better solution. — Kyle
– Kyle, Commented Feb 23, 2018 at 23:15
Well, thanks i've found. I've just written import name_of_the_other_file but when i test my script, it executes me directly this other file. Or i wanna do it only if the user selects it — a.lejeune626
– a.lejeune626, Commented Feb 23, 2018 at 23:19
In addition to what others have said, it's probably worth checking this, regarding if __name__ == '__main__' out. — ChootsMagoots
– ChootsMagoots, Commented Feb 23, 2018 at 23:48

Arthur Marques · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-23 23:21:15Z

As DyZ said, take a look at importing modules.

as a simple example, suppose that you have the following folder structure

src/
- main.py
- moduleA/
  - __init__.py
  - menu.py

If you run the above code under src, you can import menu.py in main.py like:

from moduleA import menu

ps.: arguments can be easily parsed with: https://docs.python.org/3.3/library/argparse.html

Thanks, no, i've not this structure. Well, now, i know how to do it.
@a.lejeune626 nice! As I'm trying to improve my rank, could you please mark the solution if it worked for you?

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