Modules
As your programs grow in size, you’ll probably want to break them into multiple files for easier maintenance. To do this, Python allows you to put definitions in a file and use them as a module that can be imported into other programs and scripts. To create a module, put the relevant statements and definitions into a file that has the same name as the module. (Note that the file must have a .py suffix.) Here’s an example:
# file : div.py def divide(a,b): q = a//b # If a and b are integers, q is an integer r = a - q*b return (q,r)
To use your module in other programs, you can use the import statement:
import div a, b = div.divide(2305, 29)
The import statement creates a new namespace that contains all the objects defined in the module. ...
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