Module: utils.importstring
¶
A simple utility to import something by its string name.
1 Function¶
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IPython.utils.importstring.
import_item
(name)¶ Import and return
bar
given the stringfoo.bar
.Calling
bar = import_item("foo.bar")
is the functional equivalent of executing the codefrom foo import bar
.Parameters: name (string) – The fully qualified name of the module/package being imported. Returns: mod – The module that was imported. Return type: module object