What is meant by module in python?

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Aryan Kumar · Answer

A module is a file in the Python programming language that contains definitions, commands, and functions. A module has the ability to import other modules and declare variables, functions, and classes. Before executing a programme, a Python interpreter looks for any module dependencies that are necessary. If a module is necessary, the import statement will be used to import it into the programme. A module can be either a third-party module that is installed separately or a built-in module that is part of the Python installation. The built-in Python modules os, sys, math, and random are some of the most popular ones. A module must first be imported using the import statement into the programme before it can be used.

Krishnapriya Rajeev · Answer

A Python module is a file that contains Python definitions and statements. It can define functions, classes, and variables, and can also include executable code. Modules allow you to locally organize your Python code, as grouping related code into a module makes the code easier to understand and use.

Let us create a Python file for a simple module operation.py in which we define two functions addition() and subtraction():

# Module operation.py
def addition(a, b):
return (a+b)
def subtraction(a,b):
return (a-b)

We can now import this module and access its member functions into another Python source file as shown:

# Import module operation.py
import operation
# Access the function
print(operation.addition(2, 5))
# Output = 7

We can also import specific attributes from a module into the current Python file using the from...import statement:

from operation import subtraction

To import all the attributes, we use *:

from operation import *

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