Run a file in the same folder, using a variable in python

Question

I am trying to run an other file in the same folder, by using a variable as the name of the file. But it always tells me, that its invalid.

name = File

import name

What do i have to add, that it detects, that this is a variable?

Answer 1

If your file is a py file and the file in the same directory. Just import file

or if it is in subdirectory import folder.file

or if you just want to import a variable or a function from file import some_variable or from folder.file import some_variable

or import everything from file import *

If your file not a py file you have to open the file according to file type. You can not use import