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Import tools from packages

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- As you're searching through the existing library of Python functions, you'll probably come across the terms module and package. Modules and packages are both collections of Python functions and classes that you can import and use in programs. So the two terms often get thrown around interchangeably but there is a difference. A module refers to a single Python script which contains a handful of functions and classes related to the same task. A package is a collection of several modules which are also related to the same type of task. You can think of each of these tool boxes as modules containing different types of tools; wrenches, screw drivers, tapes and glue, et cetera. This entire shelf represents a package because it's a collection of modules which all serve a similar purpose, fixing things in my garage. Similarly, you can think of each cabinet in my kitchen as a module, because they each contain different utensils for different purposes. I keep my mixing bowls down here, my…

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