Digit Gen, easy for the pros ;)

[shing]

import random                     #not sure about this
 
while True:
    guess = raw_input("Start or Exit?")
    if guess.lower() == 'exit':
              break
 
    if guess.lower() == 'start':
 
        a = raw_input("Digits?")
 
        random() == (1-9)
 
        print random()
 
 
    else:
        print 'Invalid entry'
 

Just a simple question guys; What's wrong with my coding?

This is the error i get:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\Python25\diggen.py", line 35, in <module>
    random() == (1-9)
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable
 

[ilikepython]

import random                     #not sure about this
 
while True:
    guess = raw_input("Start or Exit?")
    if guess.lower() == 'exit':
              break
 
    if guess.lower() == 'start':
 
        a = raw_input("Digits?")
 
        random() == (1-9)
 
        print random()
 
 
    else:
        print 'Invalid entry'
 

Just a simple question guys; What's wrong with my coding?

This is the error i get:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\Python25\diggen.py", line 35, in <module>
    random() == (1-9)
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable
 

I don't know what you are tyring to do. random is a module and 1-9 means one minus nine. Myabe something like this:

while True:
    guess = raw_input("Start or Exit?")
    if guess.lower() == 'exit':
        break
 
    if guess.lower() == 'start':
        a = raw_input("Digits?")
        nums = [int(x) for x in a.split()]
        if random.randint(1, 10) in nums:
            print "good"
       else:
           print 'Invalid entry'
 

[shing]

Doesn't seem to work....I'm trying to make a digit generator...you know? Something that displays 10 digits if you ask it to...

[ilikepython]

Doesn't seem to work....I'm trying to make a digit generator...you know? Something that displays 10 digits if you ask it to...

What do you mean it doens't work? Besides an indentation error, I'm pretty sure it works. Something like this?

import random
 
if raw_input("Do you want to display 10 digits? ") in 'Yy':
    for dummy in range(10):
        print randint(1, 10)
 

[William Manley]

import random
 
if raw_input("Do you want to display 10 digits? ") in 'Yy':
    for dummy in range(10):
        print randint(1, 10)
 

I do believe you either need to change "randint" to "random.randint" or change "import random" to "from random import randint"

[bartonc]

What do you mean it doens't work? Besides an indentation error, I'm pretty sure it works. Something like this?

import random
 
if raw_input("Do you want to display 10 digits? ") in 'Yy':
    for dummy in range(10):
        print randint(1, 10)
 

Our friend, William Manley, is correct. The import is one way to fix this:

from random import randint

Or on this line:

#
        print random.randint(1, 10)

BTW, I notice that you are still typing your CODE tags in (I did it that way for a long time, too). Then I found that setting the "Enhanced Mode" radio button and using the # button is much faster and less error prone.

Hope that helps.

[ilikepython]

Our friend, William Manley, is correct. The import is one way to fix this:

from random import randint

Or on this line:

#
        print random.randint(1, 10)

Yep, he's right, I missed that sorry.

BTW, I notice that you are still typing your CODE tags in (I did it that way for a long time, too). Then I found that setting the "Enhanced Mode" radio button and using the # button is much faster and less error prone.

Hope that helps.

Thanks, I'll try that.