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Can you define aliases for imported modules in Python?

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Answer 1 links:
[Check here]: http://docs.python.org/reference/simple_...

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 272


import a_ridiculously_long_module_name as short_name

also works for

import module.submodule.subsubmodule as short_name


ANSWER 2

Score 57


Check here

import module as name

or

from relative_module import identifier as name


ANSWER 3

Score 41


If you've done:

import long_module_name

you can also give it an alias by:

lmn = long_module_name

There's no reason to do it this way in code, but I sometimes find it useful in the interactive interpreter.



ANSWER 4

Score 3


Yes, modules can be imported under an alias name. using as keyword. See

import math as ilovemaths # here math module is imported under an alias name
print(ilovemaths.sqrt(4))  # Using the sqrt() function