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Creating setup.py

In order to make your package installable by pip you need to create a setup.py file. In this exercise you will create this file for the text_analyzer package you've been building.

This exercise is part of the course

Software Engineering Principles in Python

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Exercise instructions

  • import the needed function, setup, from the setuptools package.
  • Complete the name & packages arguments; keep in mind your package is located in a directory named text_analyzer.
  • List yourself as the author.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Import needed function from setuptools
from ____ import ____

# Create proper setup to be used by pip
setup(name='____',
      version='0.0.1',
      description='Perform and visualize a text analysis.',
      author='____',
      packages=['____'])
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