Importing a Python Module from another directory

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I am very new to Julia. I would like to use python module from another directory. I have looked all over for instructions but none of them seem to work for me. Could someone please give me step by step instructions from using PyCall onward.

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You’d better write an example which is not working, so people can help you achieve your goal.

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You could push the directory to Python’s sys.path and then import the module:

using PyCall
push!(pyimport("sys")."path", "/path/of/directory")
mymodule = pyimport("mymodule")
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I have put the path to by environment variable and I also can look it up in my julia session with

using PyCall
sys = pyimport("sys")
println(sys.path)

but I still get the following error during the import

pyimport("MyModule")

ERROR: PyCall.PyError("PyImport_ImportModule\n\nThe Python package MyModule could not be found by pyimport

In addition the import of the module in Python works. What I have to do?

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For me the problem was solved by downgrading the Python version of 3.7 to 3.6 (Interacting with Python - TechyTok)