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Python

Posted by Björn Norén
Björn Norén
9,569 Points

problem with import random

Hello community, I'm having problem with importing random. The error message is: "Attribute error. module 'random' has no attribute 'randint'"

I have made sure to save the file, and I do not type it wrong i console. Thanks for any help! 

import random

# generate a random number between 1 and 10
secret_num = random.randint(1, 10)

while True:
    # get a number guess from the player
    guess = int(input("Guess a number between 1 and 10: "))

    # compare guess to secret number
    if guess == secret_num:
        print("You got it! My number was {}".format(secret_num))
        break
    else:
        print("That's not it!")

3 Answers

Sahil Sharma
Sahil Sharma
4,791 Points

Is your program named random? Or do you have a program named random.py somewhere? Because random is conflicting with another file named similarly. Try running it in workspaces after renaming similarly named files. I too had named my file random.py and got the same error but after renaming your program ran just fine.

Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points
Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points

your import statement looks fine. Try This:

from random import randint

secret_num = randint(1, 10)
Björn Norén
Björn Norén
9,569 Points
Björn Norén
Björn Norén
9,569 Points

It works! I made it easy for me by just creating a Workspace and then it worked. I guess the names were conflicting somehow like you said, Sahil.

Thanks both of you for your help!