You can name a python module using the import

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I have the following code

__import__('some_module')

And I was wondering if it was possible to do something like this:

__import__('some_module') as some_name

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asked by anonymous 26.01.2018 / 13:27

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As you have in the question is not, but you can assign the return of __import__ to a var, eg:

mod_alias = __import__('string')

The equivalent of:

import string as mod_alias

In this case mod_alias is your alias.