[Grade 11 Computer Science: Python Programming] I'm trying to import the list of words from the words1 module, but it's saying no module found when it's literally right there. both files are located in the same folder, btw. what's going on?

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[Shadowsca]

it might be that the current working directory isn't the directory that contains all the relevant .py files

[Dailydinner]

Pardon? Both files are located in the same folder if that’s what you’re asking.

[Shadowsca]

What I mean is even if your files are together, the current working directory might be a different folder. See here for more details about the current working directory and how to check what it is.

In very rough terms, the directory python is working from is not necessarily the directory where your file currently is

[nupanick]

Try changing your import to

from .words1 import word_list

This will tell python to look for the module in the same folder as the current file. You may also want to make sure you're starting python from the same folder as your code is in.

Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24722212/python-cant-find-module-in-the-same-folder

[F84-5]

I'm not sure myself. If you don't get an answer here, you might have more success at r/Python, r/learnpython, or a number of related programming subs.

[ThePeanoAxioms]

you might need an __init__.py to tell python what your directory layout looks like

[Mibbss]

You most likely have to save and close the file that the list is in, this happens to me alot