im trying to make a script in python thats takes the users input and runs a file depending on that input

How do I make this work? I tried looking in websites, but to no avail, I need this to work because I want to use it instead of running the files separately, so can anyone help me with this code?

I need to know what is wrong here.

input=("input 1 for encoder and 2 for decoder: ")
if input=1 open encoder.py
if input=2 open decoder.py

>Solution :

There are multiple ways to do this –

Method 1 –

import encoder

Note – this only works once in the entire program

Method 2 –

exec(open('decoder.py').read())

Note – this is unsafe and you should avoid when possible

Method 3 –

os.system('python file.py')

Note – this is very hacky and you shouldn’t use it much

So this should be the solution you are looking for –

import os

option = input("input 1 for encoder and 2 for decoder: ")
if option == "1":
    import encoder
elif option == "2":
    import decoder

Source – How can I make one python file run another?