Python / simple Python code will run in IDLE and in WING IDE but not on Pycharm or Sublime text

Question

If anyone has any ideas about the following I would greatly appreciate hearing them.

I am running Python 3.5 system wide.

The following code snippet works fine in WING IDE and IDLE but not on Pycharm or Sublime Text (ctrl-B):

import random

for i in range(10):
    print(random.random())

When running this code I get the following error from Pycharm and Sublime text.

TypeError: 'module' object is not callable.

When running on IDLE or Wing IDE it runs fine.

Does anyone have an idea why this might be?

Thanks in advance!

O. Jacobs

Yes it is. I see the issue.... Thanks! – Dec 28 '16 at 14:46 — , Dec 28 '16 at 14:46

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 28 '16 at 14:45

You must have named your python file random.py. Never give your scripts names of Python modules.

My own example:

  File "random.py", line 3, in <module>
    print(random.random())
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

When changing the file name to anything else it works.

>> 0.4965569646861653
   0.7890484407352913
   0.8309030495394171
   0.9914424515913656
   0.1300969413381483
   0.7237824406106478
   0.8794402140337879
   0.5996808008843322
   0.4227883972570269
   0.7600499657995177

Python / simple Python code will run in IDLE and in WING IDE but not on Pycharm or Sublime text

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