Learning Python : >>> import math doesn't work ?

[Terry Reedy]

"Asun Friere" <afriere at yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message 
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| On Nov 19, 3:46 pm, windspy <wind... at gmail.com> wrote:
| > use it like: x = math.sqrt (100) and math.sin(x)
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| alternatively import like this:
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| from math import sqrt, sin
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| ... and use it like you have.

Or,
import math as m # to save typing, especially in interactive mode
x = m.sin(1) #etc