Importing a module
Assume that we want to estimate the square root of the number three. However, after issuing the following lines of code, we would encounter an error message:
>>>sqrt(3) SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>>
The reason is that the sqrt()
function is not a built-in function. To use the sqrt()
function, we need to import the math
module first as follows:
>>>import math >>>x=math.sqrt(3) >>>round(x,4) 1.7321
To use the
sqrt()
function, we have to type math.sqrt()
if we use the import math
command to upload the math
module. In addition, after issuing the command dir()
, we will see the existence of the math
module, which is the last one in the output shown as follows:
>>>dir() ['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__name__', '__package__', 'math']
In addition, when a module is reinstalled, we could use import x_module
to upload it. For instance, the math
module is a built-in module, and it is preinstalled. Later in the chapter, we show...