>>>> import random >>>> from pylab import * >>>> x = random.uniform(0,1) > > Traceback (most recent call last):
I suspect that >>> 'random' in dir(pylab) returns True...this would be one of those reasons that "from <module> import *" is scowled upon. You have to know what <module> is dumping into your namespace, or otherwise, it will likely tromp atop other things you have defined before. Looking at the source of pylab.py, I see from numpy.random import * and numpy.random has a "random" function in it. This waltzes atop your random module. A modern fandango-on-core...perhaps "fandango on namespace". The other alternative, if you must do "from pylab import *", would be to import the system "random" module under another name: import random as pyrandom from pylab import * ... x = pyrandom.uniform(0,1) -tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
