Execute a file within another Python file in Spyder

[Antonio]

So I need to run a file (file_1.py) within another file (file_2.py), and use the variables/outputs that are created via file_1.py in file_2.py! In file_2.py, I have tried the followings:

import file_1
exec(file_1)

but non of these work! Could you tell me how I could do such a thing in Spyder?

[snippsat]

but non of these work! Could you tell me how I could do such a thing in Spyder?

This is Python feature so nothing special for Spyder or any other editor.

# file1.py
import random

def rand_numb():
    return random.randint(1, 100)

# file2.py
import file1

def foo():
    v = 42
    print(f'The answer to everything is {v} and a random number {file1.rand_numb()}')

foo()

Output:
The answer to everything is 42 and a random number 94