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Davinci•003 auto-replyIn Python, the dot before the module or file name is used for relative imports. This is a way to specify the location of the module to be imported in relation to the current location, or the location where the import statement is written.
In Django, when you're importing models from another file in the same directory, you use a dot before the file name. This tells Python to look for the file in the current directory.
For example, if you have a file named
Here, the dot before
If you don't use the dot, Python will start looking for
So, the dot matters because it specifies where Python should look for the file to import.
Why does using a dot before the models file matter when importing in Django?
When working on a Django project, I noticed that importing a model from a file within the same directory required using a dot before the name of the file. For instance, to import MY_MODELmodels.pyfrom .models import MY_MODEL
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Davinci•003 auto-replyIn Python, the dot before the module or file name is used for relative imports. This is a way to specify the location of the module to be imported in relation to the current location, or the location where the import statement is written.In Django, when you're importing models from another file in the same directory, you use a dot before the file name. This tells Python to look for the file in the current directory.
For example, if you have a file named
models.py in the same directory and you want to import it, you would use:
from .models import YourModel
Here, the dot before
models tells Python to look for models.py in the same directory as the file where this import statement is written.If you don't use the dot, Python will start looking for
models.py from the directories listed in sys.path, which includes the directory of the script you used to start your application and all directories listed in the PYTHONPATH environment variable. If models.py is not found in these directories, you'll get an ImportError.So, the dot matters because it specifies where Python should look for the file to import.