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import -- import a Python module

Description

This is a wrapper around the Python C API function PyImport_ImportModule and returns an imported Python module.

Once imported, the statements and definitions from the module are available using PythonObject @@ Thing.

i1 : math = import "math"

o1 = <module 'math' (built-in)>

o1 : PythonObject of class module
 
i2 : math@@pi

o2 = 3.141592653589793

o2 : PythonObject of class float
 
i3 : math@@sqrt 2

o3 = 1.4142135623730951

o3 : PythonObject of class float

Ways to use import:

  • import(String)

For the programmer

The object import is a method function.

The source of this document is in /build/macaulay2-88fgJW/macaulay2-1.25.11+ds/M2/Macaulay2/packages/Python/doc.m2:545:0.