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13.5. The `from` statement

The purpose of the from statement is to use things (variables, functions, and so on) from modules. There are two general forms:

from M import *
from M import n₀, n₁, ...

where M is the name of a Python module. In the first form, all objects from that module are added to the local name space. In the second form, only the named objects n₀, n₁, ... are added.

There are two types of modules:

Python has a number of built-in modules; see commonly used modules below.
You can also create your own modules by simply placing the definitions of variables and functions in a file whose name has the form f.py, and then using a statement like this:
```
from f import *
```

Compare this statement with the import statement below.

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