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Obtain just the current module's name in Python

How can you just obtain the current module's name in Python.

print(sys.modules[__name__])

Results in output of the form:

<module 'MODULE_NAME' from 'C:\\file_path_to_module_name\\MODULE_NAME.py'>

I just want to print MODULE_NAME

Solution

  • Use __file__ which gives full path of the module file (if saved to disk) and transform it using os.path functions:

    import os

print(os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(__file__))[0])