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I have a code in Python-Part/Modules&Packages/salute.py

def say_hello(name): print(f'Hello {name}') fruits = { 'name': 'Grapes', 'color': 'Green' }

I have a code in Python-Part/Modules&Packages/my_module.py

import salute from salute import fruits salute.say_hello('Rafi') print(fruits['name'])

When I put them in the Python-Part directory they were working fine but when I move them into Python-Part/Modules&Packages, my_module.py is not importing salute.py.

Now, I want to know why this is happening and how to overcome from it?

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    Welcome to SO. Please consider including whatever error traceback you get in your post. Commented Sep 29, 2020 at 9:47
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    Try adding _init__.py file in every folder Commented Sep 29, 2020 at 9:49

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The __init__.py files are required to make Python 2 treat the directories as containing packages; this is done to prevent directories with a common name, such as string, from unintentionally hiding valid modules that occur later on the module search path.

In the simplest case, __init__.py can just be an empty file.

So, try to add __init__.py to package directories you intend to use.

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This is not the case in python 3. A directory without __init__.py is a namespace package which, for the purpose of this issue, will behave like a normal package.
Thanks a lot Ma'am.