Python structure question

[metulburr]

I'm struggling with the overall structure of a python program. The following code works (as-is), but I'm not sure this is the way to let a main program function access class elements. If I move the class Test to a test.py file and then import that file it doesn't work so there must be a better way.

The import being used is: import test

What am I doing wrong?

You still need to create an object like you did in main(). Also note that the content in your if  condition (calling main) if __name__ == '__main__' only runs when this scripts is ran directly, not imported. The creation of objects will normally be in the script you import this from, not inside the module itself.

test is the name of your class. If you name this file "my_module" you would import it as

import my_module

and then used as

my_object = my_module.test()

or import the class only

from my_module import test

and then used as

my_object = test()

see here for more info
http://python-forum.io/Thread-Basic-Modules-part-2