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
bargiven 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