# How to import a .py file from a directory

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**Created:** [March 20, 2021, 3:00am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/how-to-import-a-py-file-from-a-directory/8430 "2021-03-20T03:00:55Z")\
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Did you try the following?

```python
import test_standard

```

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