TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

[David Bobson]

All, I am trying to learn python. The below code is from a book example. I have researched the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bin/flips.py", line 4, in <module>
    import random
  File "/home/david/bin/random.py", line 10, in <module>
    if random.random() < 0.5:
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

What I have found is that the code example (below) is referencing the class object (random) and not the function of the class. Does anyone know how to fix this and any additional knowledge of why it is happening would be great.

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
import random
 
experiments, flips = 500, 16
 
#count = 0
heads = [0] * (flips + 1)
 
# Perform each experiment.
 
for i in range(experiments):
  count = 0
  # Accumulate the number of heads.
 
  for j in range(len(heads)):
    if random.random() < 0.5: count += 1
  heads[count] += 1
 
# Print the numeric results.
 
print "heads:\n", heads, "\n"
 
# Print the histogram.
 
for j in range(flips + 1):
  print "%2d " % j,
  i = 0
 
  # print a "*" for each 10 occurrences.
 
  while i < heads[j]:
    print "*",
    i += 10
 
  print

[David Bobson]

Sorry, folks. I finally found the issue. It was starring me straight in the face. I found that I had created a previous python program and used the same name as a python class/module, which I should not have done.

[bvdet]

Good find David. Post again if you have any other issues.