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when we install numpy or any other packages with pip command on windows,
where exactly the numpy files are getting stored in path...
how do we locate those files with help of python command??

and also how to check details functions of any package eg:numpy with
python command
(Jul-11-2019, 11:14 AM)srm Wrote: [ -> ]when we install numpy or any other packages with pip command on windows,
where exactly the numpy files are getting stored in path...
It get stored in site-packages folder eg C:\Python37\Lib\site-packages\numpy
Quote:how do we locate those files with help of python command??
Python locate it for you when using import,you never need to go yourself to site-packages folder.
C:\
λ python
Python 3.7.3 (v3.7.3:ef4ec6ed12, Mar 25 2019, 21:26:53) [MSC v.1916 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import numpy as np
>>>
>>> np.arange(15).reshape(3, 5)
array([[ 0,  1,  2,  3,  4],
       [ 5,  6,  7,  8,  9],
       [10, 11, 12, 13, 14]])
How it work as looked upon from outside.
Windows find Python when it set in Environment Variables Path,this get done automatically under install if mark on eg Add Python 3.7 to PATH
Python finds files(module/package) by looking in sys.path.
>>> import sys
>>>
>>> sys.path
# List get back here is where Python look
srm Wrote:and also how to check details functions of any package eg:numpy with
python command

From command line:
C:\
λ pip show numpy
Name: numpy
Version: 1.16.3
Summary: NumPy is the fundamental package for array computing with Python.
Home-page: https://www.numpy.org
Author: Travis E. Oliphant et al.
Author-email: None
License: BSD
Location: c:\python37\lib\site-packages
Requires:
Required-by: wxPython, pyxel, pandas, moviepy, matplotlib, imageio
From interpreter:
C:\
λ python
Python 3.7.3 (v3.7.3:ef4ec6ed12, Mar 25 2019, 21:26:53) [MSC v.1916 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import numpy as np
>>>
>>> np.__version__
'1.16.3'
or in your favorite interpreter:

>>> import numpy
>>> help(numpy)