I have two scripts 1 and 2, I would need these two script to work independently from one another, but I also need script 2 to be able to use the function in script 1 if needed. I tried to automate as much as possible, so each script has a number of variables inside already defined.
Here is an oversimplified example of the scrips that I am talking about.
Script 1:
def plustwo(n):
out = n + 2
print(out)
m=3
plustwo(m)
Result:
5
Script 2:
from file import plustwo
z=5
plustwo(z)
Result:
5
7
As you can see, when I import the function from script 1, even if I use from file import plustwo, also the variable is imported, this causes script 2 to return two results, one with variable m (5) and another with variable z (7).
Do I necessarily need to create a third script, identical to script 2 but without the m variable? Is there a way to exclude such variable from the import? (I just want the function from script 2, so that I can use script 1 with the variables it already has.)
>Solution :
In script 1, you can add if __name__ == '__main__':, so that it only executes
m=3
plustwo(m)
if the program is run directly from script1.py.
In the end, you only need to modify script 1 a little bit:
def plustwo(n):
out = n + 2
print(out)
if __name__ == '__main__':
m=3
plustwo(m)