Adding a path.

[davef21370]

I have a script that needs access to a folder called Things in my working directory to load some modules. What I'm using is this...

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sys.path.append(os.getcwd() + "\Things")

... but it seems a bit clumsy using sys and os to do something so simple. What's the best way, bearing in mind it needs to be cross platform.

Dave.

[stderr]

I have a script that needs access to a folder called Things in my working directory to load some modules. What I'm using is this...

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sys.path.append(os.getcwd() + "\Things")

... but it seems a bit clumsy using sys and os to do something so simple. What's the best way, bearing in mind it needs to be cross platform.

Are you trying to build something that will look into the Things directory for subprograms to run in any current directory you happen to be running the program in or do you want it to go after your ~/Things directory specifically? I guess I was just wondering if you have a lot (or at least two) Things directories on your system. The usual name for such a directory is ~/bin

Even if you have a lot of Things directories, it might be more clear to build a variable that was the path to this specific directory and then add the specific program to that when running it. I'd also look into defining "Things" in a central location where you can easily change it without having to search your source file needlessly.

[davef21370]

The script needs to load a few "standard" classes then a load of custom ones which will very likely change between users so the "Things" folder containing the custom classes is there to keep things tidy.

Dave.

[elParaguayo]

Apologies if I'm missing something. Is Things a subfolder of the folder in which your python script is located?

Why not just add an empty __init__.py file inside Things and then, in your code do:

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import Things.mymodule as mymodule

[davef21370]

Apologies if I'm missing something. Is Things a subfolder of the folder in which your python script is located?

Why not just add an empty __init__.py file inside Things and then, in your code do:

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import Things.mymodule as mymodule

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Apologies if I'm missing something. Is Things a subfolder of the folder in which your python script is located?

Why not just add an empty __init__.py file inside Things and then, in your code do:

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import Things.mymodule as mymodule

That's an option but may complicate things. The code's a text based adventure framework aimed at getting kids coding by "filling in the blanks" at first then pushing them to create & change the properties and functions of objects in the game. Really need to keep it simple, can post more details over this weekend.

Regards.
Dave.

[davef21370]

Apologies if I'm missing something. Is Things a subfolder of the folder in which your python script is located?

Why not just add an empty __init__.py file inside Things and then, in your code do:

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import Things.mymodule as mymodule

Tried that and it's a very nice solution. I've used...

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from Things import Cheese, Dog, Stone, etc, etc

which works a treat and keeps it simple. Thankyou.

Dave.

[elParaguayo]

Great. Glad it helped.

Look forward to seeing your code.