[Tutor] Problems importing random on linux

[Danny Yoo]

> >> def generatenumber():
> >>    target = random.randint(0,100)
> >>
> >> What is going on here? I've tried the same small piece of code:
> >> import random target = random.randing(0,100) at the interpreter and
> >> it works, but if I try this as an application in a file, it fails.
> >>
> >> Any ideas ?
> >
> > Do you perhaps have a file named random.py in the same directory as
> > autoguess.py?  To me, it sounds like the random module imported is
> > different from the standard library module.


There's just something about the 'random' module that makes people want to
name their own programs 'random'... *grin*

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