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Sam Perry
Sam Perry

Reputation: 2614

Python Script Not Running Through Command Line

I'm baffled as to why the command line isn't able to run a certain script when the Python GUI can. What i'm trying to run is:

import random
print random.random()

Which runs fine in the Python GUI but when saved as a file (random.py) and ran through the command line 

C:\Users\Name>python c:\Python\random.py

it produces this error:

TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

Has anyone had this problem or know why it occurs?

Thanks for your time!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 367

Answers (1)

TerryA
TerryA

Reputation: 59974

This is because you have overridden the actual module random by creating your own random.py. Now, you're importing your own file which you're trying to call, and not actually importing the module which has the random function.

To fix this you need to do two things:

  1. Rename your file to something other than random.py

  2. Get rid of the .pyc created as a result of importing.

Upvotes: 8

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