How to Import the Streamlit Module into Your Streamlit Application
When building a Streamlit app, the first step is to import the Streamlit module into your app.py file. The app.py file contains the Python code that defines your Streamlit application.
To import Streamlit, add the following statement at the beginning of your app.py file:
import streamlit as st
This statement imports the streamlit module and assigns it the alias st, allowing you to access Streamlit's functionality using a shorter name.
An alias is an alternative name used to refer to a module in your code. In Python, the as keyword allows you to assign an alias to an imported module.
For example, instead of writing streamlit every time you use its functionality, you can simply use st.
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