Importing FMT in Python

To import FMT that you just compiled into Python, you need to have Python and pip installed on your computer.

There are two ways to import FMT into Python :

1. By using sys.path.append

sys.path.append allows you to tell Python where to find the FMT library.

If you use it, the beginning of your Python scripts will look like this :

import sys
sys.path.append(r"<Path to FMT folder>/")
sys.path.append(r"<Path to FMT folder>/Release/")
from FMT import Models
from FMT import Parser
from FMT import Core
from FMT import Version

in which Path to FMT folder will be replaced with the location of the folder where the FMT files that you’ve downloaded from GitHub are.

It can get redondant however, which make the second option - installing with pip - more interesting.

2. By using pip and the Python wheel that you’re compiled

Python wheels are files that contain everything necessary for a Python module to be installed in your Python environment with the pip command. When installed in such a way, the module can be activated quicker in your python scripts.

To install the Python wheel that you’ve compiled, use the following command in a command prompt (if you have installed Python and pip independantly of Anaconda or Miniconda), or in an Anaconda prompt :

pip install "<path to FMT folder>\build\release\bin\Release/FMT-0.9.1-py3-none-any.whl"

Once this is done, you’ll be able to import FMT in your scripts more quickly :

from FMT import Models
from FMT import Parser
from FMT import Core
from FMT import Version

And that’s it, you’re done 🎊🎉! Now, you can start using FMT !