On Mar 24, 3:13 pm, pythonnubie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i have come across my first exeption using randrange . The exeption > > > is " no such attribute " in module random > > > > platform is xp home and the python build is activestate 2.5 > > > Welcome aboard! > > > There's definitely a randrange function in the random module, so > > something else must be wrong. To get the most out of this list and > > minimize wasted bandwidth, the most effective way usually consists of > > copying and pasting: > > 1. The offending code (or just the relevant part if it's too big). > > 2. The full traceback of the raised exception. > > > Regards, > > George > > Hwere is the complete traceback ! >>> The word is: index > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "F:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework > \scriptutils.py", line 307, in RunScript > debugger.run(codeObject, __main__.__dict__, start_stepping=0) > File "F:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\debugger > \__init__.py", line 60, in run > _GetCurrentDebugger().run(cmd, globals,locals, start_stepping) > File "F:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\debugger > \debugger.py", line 631, in run > exec cmd in globals, locals > File "F:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\rand.py", line 5, > in <module> > import random > File "F:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\random.py", line > 13, in <module> > distributions on the real line: > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'randrange' > > Why would it say it can't find the function ?
Because you named your file 'random.py' and it shadows the standard random module! Change the name to something else, say foo.py, and try it again. George -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
