Can't import random.randint

Question

In python console I can run:

from random import randint

But I get an error when I run:

import random.randint

The error says:

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'random.randint'; 'random' is not a package

I thought the two import statements were synonymous. Perhaps I'm missing something?

Answer 1

import random.randint is parsed as the import of a submodule named randint from a package named random .

The error message is trying to tell you that random is not a package with a submodule. In fact it's just a single module, random.py , and randint is a method defined in that module.

You may use this:

from random import randint
randint(...)

Or this:

import random
random.randint(...)