Relative imports in Python 3

Question

I want to import a function from another file in the same directory.

Sometimes it works for me with from .mymodule import myfunction but sometimes I get

Answer 1

I needed to run python3 from the main project directory to make it work.

For example, if the project has the following structure:

project_demo/
├── main.py
├── some_package/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── project_configs.py
└── test/
    └── test_project_configs.py

Solution

I would run python3 inside folder project_demo/ and then perform a

from some_package import project_configs