import 7.1

import module as prefix

import names from module

Make the procedures in the given module available for use in the current file. The file name of the module file (with the .nlm suffix) must be a valid NetLogo name, so there can be no space in the name.

For example:

import utils

This will import procedures in “utils.nls” in the same directory as the current file and make them available with a “utils:” prefix. As an example, if there is a reporter called add in “utils.nls”, then it will be made available for use under the name utils:add.

The prefix can be changed as follows:

import utils as u

This will instead make add available as u:add.

It is also possible to selectively import a subset of procedures or reporters from a module, for example:

import [add subtract] from utils

This will make add and subtract available in the current file. Note that no prefix is added when a module is imported this way.

Imported procedures and reporters can be renamed as follows:

import [add (subtract as sub)] from utils

This will instead make subtract available as sub.