random.random(), random not defined!?

[globalrev]

do i need to import something to use random?

[Eduardo Schettino]

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 12:58 AM, globalrev <sk*******@yahoo.sewrote:

do i need to import something to use random?
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you need to import random :)

Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Mar 7 2008, 03:39:23)
[GCC 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>import random
random.random()

0.76018998919085967

[John Machin]

globalrev wrote:

do i need to import something to use random?

No, you need to import random

[Mensanator]

On Apr 19, 3:36�pm, John Machin <[e-mail]:

globalrev wrote:

do i need to import something to use random?

No, you need to import random

But you could alsways import it as something.

>>import random as something
something.random()

0.45811606256668347

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:28:37 -0300, globalrev <sk*******@yahoo.seescribió:

do i need to import something to use random?

Let me guess: you have a script named random.py? Perhaps the same one you're executing?
In that case when you write "import random", you're importing *your* script instead of the standard one.

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Gabriel Genellina