Can you define aliases for imported modules in Python?

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00:00 Can You Define Aliases For Imported Modules In Python?
00:20 Accepted Answer Score 272
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00:42 Answer 3 Score 41
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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

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