Python is importing your own file (random.py) instead of the actual random module from the standard library. Classic shadowing bug.

This post explains what a Python module is and how to use it to drastically extend the capabiltiies of your code. Plus: how to make your own!

Some subclasses of the Python random module provide increased levels of randomness. On modern operating systems, you can ask the operating system to provide random data of a quality usable for ...

Modeling Coin Flips in Python The first thing we will need is a random picker. In python, you will need to import the random module (not any random module, but THE random module). Actually, we ...

Devs unknowingly use “malicious” modules snuck into official Python repository Code packages available in PyPI contained modified installation scripts.

Learn which Python standard library modules are headed for the boneyard in Python 3.13, and how to replace them.