title: import local file to google colab
body: <p>I don't understand how colab works with directories, I created a notebook, and colab put it in /Google Drive/Colab Notebooks.</p>
  
  <p>Now I need to import a file (data.py) where I have a bunch of functions I need. Intuition tells me to put the file in that same directory and import it with:</p>
  
  <p>import data</p>
  
  <p>but apparently that's not the way...</p>
  
  <p>I also tried adding the directory to the set of paths but I am specifying the directory incorrectly..</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone help with this?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance!</p>