New to group

[pythonnubie]

Hi Everyone

I am new to programming in general although I have read alot and
done alot of experimentation as well as researched afew languages
namely java python and visual basic . My conclusion is that python
is one of the best because it eliminates the need to learn about
access modifiers and form handlers so a user can concentrate
primarliy on the nuts and bolts of the language .

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

All help much appreciated !

[Jeff]

Re: New to group

What does the code look like?

[Mike Driscoll]

Re: New to group

On Mar 24, 1:53 pm, pythonnubie <exxf...@hotmai l.comwrote:

Hi Everyone
>
I am new to programming in general although I have read alot and
done alot of experimentation as well as researched afew languages
namely java python and visual basic . My conclusion is that python
is one of the best because it eliminates the need to learn about
access modifiers and form handlers so a user can concentrate
primarliy on the nuts and bolts of the language .
>
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
>
All help much appreciated !

Please post the code that throws this error along with the entire
traceback.

Thanks,

Mike

[pythonnubie]

Re: New to group

On Mar 24, 11:57 am, Jeff <jeffo...@gmail .comwrote:

What does the code look like?

# Random Access
# Demonstrates string indexing
# Michael Dawson - 1/27/03

import random

word = "index"
print "The word is: ", word, "\n"

high = len(word)
low = -len(word)
for i in range(10):
position = random.randrang e(low, high)
print "word[", position, "]\t", word[position]

raw_input("\n\n Press the enter key to exit.")

The code is an exerp from a chm file . I am petty sutre I am
nmot getting a char map error from the copy/paste ! it looks
simple enough !

[George Sakkis]

Re: New to group

On Mar 24, 2:53 pm, pythonnubie <exxf...@hotmai l.comwrote:

Hi Everyone
>
I am new to programming in general although I have read alot and
done alot of experimentation as well as researched afew languages
namely java python and visual basic . My conclusion is that python
is one of the best because it eliminates the need to learn about
access modifiers and form handlers so a user can concentrate
primarliy on the nuts and bolts of the language .
>
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

[George Sakkis]

Re: New to group

On Mar 24, 3:03 pm, pythonnubie <exxf...@hotmai l.comwrote:

On Mar 24, 11:57 am, Jeff <jeffo...@gmail .comwrote:
>

What does the code look like?

>
# Random Access
# Demonstrates string indexing
# Michael Dawson - 1/27/03
>
import random
>
word = "index"
print "The word is: ", word, "\n"
>
high = len(word)
low = -len(word)
for i in range(10):
position = random.randrang e(low, high)
print "word[", position, "]\t", word[position]
>
raw_input("\n\n Press the enter key to exit.")
>
The code is an exerp from a chm file . I am petty sutre I am
nmot getting a char map error from the copy/paste ! it looks
simple enough !

It works fine on on Windows with standard Python 2.5. Something is
probably wrong with your ActiveState installation.

George

[Robert Kern]

Re: New to group

pythonnubie wrote:

On Mar 24, 11:57 am, Jeff <jeffo...@gmail .comwrote:

>What does the code look like?

>
# Random Access
# Demonstrates string indexing
# Michael Dawson - 1/27/03
>
import random

Make sure that you do not have a random.py module in the current directory.
Python checks the current directory for modules before the standard directories.

--
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco

[Jeffrey Froman]

Re: New to group

pythonnubie wrote:

The exeption
is " no such  attribute " in  module random

Is your own source file named "random.py" by chance? If so, rename it, and
be sure to remove the leftover random.pyc file as well.


Jeffrey

[Peter Otten]

Re: New to group

pythonnubie wrote:

On Mar 24, 11:57 am, Jeff <jeffo...@gmail .comwrote:

>What does the code look like?

>
# Random Access
# Demonstrates string indexing
# Michael Dawson - 1/27/03
>
import random
>
word = "index"
print "The word is: ", word, "\n"
>
high = len(word)
low = -len(word)
for i in range(10):
position = random.randrang e(low, high)
print "word[", position, "]\t", word[position]
>
raw_input("\n\n Press the enter key to exit.")
>
The code is an exerp from a chm file . I am petty sutre I am
nmot getting a char map error from the copy/paste ! it looks
simple enough !

You have probably called your script random.py, and now it imports itself
instead of the random.py module in Python's standard library.

Rename your script to myrandom.py, remove the compiled version random.pyc in
the same folder, and you should be able to run it successfully.

Peter