Basically there is a file called 8puzzle.py and I want to import the file into another file (in the same folder and I cannot change the file name as the file is provided). Is there any way to do this in Python? I tried usual way from 8puzzle import *, it gives me an error.
Error is:
>>> import 8puzzle
File "<input>", line 1
import 8puzzle
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>>
You could do
puzzle = __import__('8puzzle')
Very interesting problem. I'll remember not to name anything with a number.
If you'd like to import * -- you should check out this question and answer.
See answer below (use importlib.import_module from Python 3.1) for interoperability and understandability.
https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.html#importlib.import_module
This provides an implementation of import which is portable to any Python interpreter. This also provides an implementation which is easier to comprehend than one implemented in a programming language other than Python.
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The import_module() function acts as a simplifying wrapper around importlib.__import__(). This means all semantics of the function are derived from importlib.__import__(). The most important difference between these two functions is that import_module() returns the specified package or module (e.g. pkg.mod), while __import__() returns the top-level package or module (e.g. pkg).