Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Chris Angelico Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: error help import random Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 04:30:42 +1100 Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <8b0ec311-ab7f-429d-877f-d205ad6008d9@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de KzR3gnrQPuKOVoDTriwO3AV9sz31Znv1PG6i20WmKDPg== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.005 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'received:209.85.223': 0.03; '21,': 0.07; 'subject:help': 0.07; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.09; 'python.': 0.11; 'subject:error': 0.11; 'output': 0.13; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'input.': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'subject:import': 0.16; 'subject:random': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'why.': 0.18; '2015': 0.20; 'cc:2**0': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.20; 'am,': 0.23; 'wrote': 0.23; 'sat,': 0.23; 'import': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'error': 0.27; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'cookie': 0.29; 'invoke': 0.29; 'code:': 0.29; 'random': 0.29; 'error.': 0.31; 'run': 0.33; 'problem': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'could': 0.35; 'nov': 0.35; 'should': 0.36; 'received:209.85': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'display': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.38; 'someone': 0.38; 'identify': 0.61; 'show': 0.62; 'is.': 0.63; 'fortune': 0.66; 'here': 0.66; 'actually,': 0.84; 'chrisa': 0.84; 'riley': 0.84; 'to:none': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-type; bh=jLfu+daCbWwgbBFPsHcyDV9zR0ab6aonPXvBKnOGHtk=; b=GgFQsaflVrlcZnQWTvW1Lvr1G2FGJkmIzAYID4tdE/HvuDMQZTCef7p14anFMrhzdm 78NXGf/2XDb5c95LW6GfIjXuFuk3eGjgrcuyVmk0AiwdC1wIBDFaFS9lXNJJf0yt5TJK rX67Bq5rWYJxUjkeGRrBo5Vqvg0RRr7hViNgmpHhpP7uRjCLhdGJbSG4Qro2FE02qgPY vWlMnf2YqWjSgs3Mx8mu1RhKcXaUFqRK/euwzf0g7kP/vcwZzTallMz08bjW76w7Zlnw pC1icrrPN9xNCjJjH6YK5BartV6Rkp6BM5CRtUWmz5Gx45FvTNmVUfU5FSIEPrWOIZuY Qxyg== X-Received: by 10.107.3.163 with SMTP id e35mr13819996ioi.157.1448040642696; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:30:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <8b0ec311-ab7f-429d-877f-d205ad6008d9@googlegroups.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:99173 On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 4:22 AM, Dylan Riley wrote: > This is my fortune cookie program i wrote in python. > the problem is it will not run past the first line of input. > could someone please identify the error and explain to me why. > here is the code: > > #the program silulates a fortune cookie > #the program should display one of five unique fortunes, at randon, each time its run > > import random Actually, you could help us identify the error. What happens when you run it? Show us exactly how you invoke it and what the output is. ChrisA