The import statement

JavaScript course · Intermediate · Lesson 127/134

Learn to import values from a module with named and default imports.

The import statement

To bring values into a module you use the import statement. Named exports go inside curly braces, by name.

import { add, subtract } from './calc.js';

A path starting with ./ means a file in the same folder. Ending with a semicolon is a good habit.

After importing you can use these values like any local binding.

Default import

When importing a default export you skip the curly braces; you choose the name.

import calculate from './calc.js';

You can combine named and default imports in one line:

import calculate, { add, subtract } from './calc.js';

To run a module just for its side effects, write import './setup.js';.

Exercise Named import and call

Import add and subtract from ./calc.js with a named import. Then log the result of add(2, 3) with console.log.

Show example solution

Put add and subtract inside curly braces with path './calc.js'. Then call add.
Example solution:
import { add, subtract } from './calc.js';
console.log(add(2, 3));

Test yourself

What does import { add } from './calc.js' import?
```
import { add } from './calc.js';
```
- the default export
- the whole module
- the file itself
- the named export add
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the named export add — Correct! Curly braces indicate a named export.

Complete the named import

import { ____ } from './calc.js';

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import { add } from './calc.js';

Match the import types

import { x }

named import
import x

default import
import './f.js'

for side effects
from './f.js'

source file

Complete the default import

import ____ from './calc.js';

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import calculate from './calc.js';

The import statement