Importing and using modules

18-minute lesson · module-modules-01

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Importing and using modules

18-minute lesson · module-modules-01

Import a standard-library module with `import name`.
Pull specific names in with `from module import thing`.
Rename an import with `as` to give it a shorter alias.
Read a module's contents and call its functions through dotted access.

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Status: adapted

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Interactive Edition — source · Modules / Modules / More About Using Modules and Functions

Adaptation notes. Reading rewritten in our voice. Examples use an Iowa State CS room-and- roster theme. Hidden tests exercise both an `import math` style call and a `from ... import` / `as` alias so the student practices all three import forms.

License notes. Original chapter is GNU FDL 1.3 (Brad Miller, David Ranum, and the upstream Elkner/Downey/Meyers text). No verbatim text reproduced.