In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I imported two modules (random and matplotlib), and found that the > functions available to me from the random module depended on the order > in which the imports occured. In particular, if I import random first, > none of its functions seem to be available, while if I import it after > matplotlib, I seem to have access to all of its functions. What could > the problem be? > > Thomas Philips > > > >>> import random > >>> from pylab import * > >>> x = random.uniform(0,1) > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in <module> > x = random.uniform(0,1) > AttributeError: 'builtin_function_or_method' object has no attribute > 'uniform' > >>> help(random) > Help on built-in function random_sample:
I'm guessing the module pylab has a symbol in it named "random", which is over-writing the name "random" you created with the first import. Try changing it to: import random import pylab and then referring to the things in pylab by their qualified (pylab.whatever) names. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
