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"import random" suddenly stopped working.

Asked by Azkan

I'll be honest here and say that I know practically nothing about Python or Java, and I only tried out Sikuli because I figured that its features are more appropriate for achieving my goals.

I needed some random numbers, so I put this at the top of my code:
import random
random.seed()

I went and tested my code and everything worked perfectly. I was quite pleased. This was a couple of hours ago.

Now, whenever I try to Run, I get this error on the "import random" line:
ImportError: Errors in loading sikuli module: random
'module' object has no attribute 'seed'
 - HOW TO FIX? Try adding "from sikuli import *" in the module.

I have no idea why a totally new error would pop up when I had not made any changes in my previously working code.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#1

this usually happens if you have a .sikuli script with the same name as an imported module in the same folder as the running script.

In your case, I guess, there is random.sikuli in the folder or even the running script has this name.

One rule in Sikuli (since importing .sikuli scripts has precedence):
Do not have scripts named xxx.sikuli in the same folder as the running script or on sys.path, where xxx is the name of a normal Python module, you want to import.

Take care: when renaming xxx.sikuli to xxxzzz.sikuli: either use File -> SaveAs or take care, that the contained .py file has the same name as the script (xxxzzz.py in this case)

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