Pycharm import does not recognize other files in the same module

Question

Say, my project structure is as following:

project_folder:
  __init__.py
  another_folder:
    __init__.py
    main_file.py
    other_file.py

And main_file.py contains next code:

import other_file as whatever

PyCharm (PEP8) highlights this line as an error 'no module named other_file' and there is no autocomplete on any calls like whatever.this_should_be_autoc_suggested. Meanwhile interpreter works perfectly fine.

What can be the cause of this annoying behaviour?

Answer 1

You need to mark your project directory as "Sources Root", just right click upon the directory in pycharm, Mark Directory as, Sources Root. that should make the trick for you.