Module: utils.importstring — IPython 4.0.0 documentation

# Module: `utils.importstring`

A simple utility to import something by its string name.

## 1 Function

`IPython.utils.importstring.` `import_item`(name)

  Import and return `bar` given the string `foo.bar`.

  Calling `bar = import_item("foo.bar")` is the functional equivalent of executing the code `from foo import bar`.

  Parameters: | name : string The fully qualified name of the module/package being imported.
  Returns: | mod : module object The module that was imported.