python relative import: module not found

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|Project
|--m1Folder
|--|--__init__.py
|--|--m1.py
|--m2Folder
|--|--__init__.py
|--|--m3Folder
|--|--|--__init__.py
|--|--|--m3.py

m1Folder and m2Folder are inside of Project. m3Folder is inside of m2Folder. All m*Folder contains empty __init__.py.

How to import m1.py, from m3.py file?

I tried from m1Folder import m1 as mo inside m3.py file and gave ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'm1Folder'. However, pylint in vscode did not show any error.

from ...m1Folder import m1 as mo gives ValueError: attempted relative import beyond top-level package

Please first read through https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16981921/relative-imports-in-python-3 and see if you can figure it out. — Karl Knechtel, Jul 13 '20 at 11:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 13 '20 at 11:54

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You can do it by changing the system path with the sys module.

import sys
sys.path.insert(1, '/path/to/application/app/folder')
import m1

answered Jul 13 '20 at 11:54

Aleksander Ikleiw

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Is it possible without `sys.path.insert`? Any direct method? – Dr.PB Jul 13 '20 at 11:55
@Mr.EU I think that this is the simplest solution. I do not know other. – Aleksander Ikleiw Jul 13 '20 at 11:56
@Mr.EU as another question, why you can not use that function? – Aleksander Ikleiw Jul 13 '20 at 11:57

python relative import: module not found

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