Dear John Hunter,
Thanks for your response. Here is what I get:
C:\Documents and Settings\Linda\Desktop\python>dir
Volume in drive C is WinXP
Volume Serial Number is 543D-51FE
Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Linda\Desktop\py
01/24/2009 04:34 PM <DIR> .
01/24/2009 04:34 PM <DIR> ..
01/21/2009 10:58 PM 89 data.dat
01/20/2009 02:28 PM 1,001 fileout.py
01/14/2009 04:15 PM 32 first.py
01/24/2009 04:34 PM 130 rand.dat
01/16/2009 03:21 PM 562 random.py
01/21/2009 10:01 PM 818 random.pyc
01/21/2009 02:44 PM 478 random1.py
01/23/2009 04:43 PM 344 readdata.py
01/21/2009 11:29 PM 315 readdata.py~
01/24/2009 04:34 PM 21 readdatatest.py
01/24/2009 04:34 PM 344 readdatatest.py~
01/21/2009 10:58 PM 11 test.dat
12 File(s) 4,145 bytes
2 Dir(s) 17,915,678,720 bytes free
C:\Documents and Settings\Linda\Desktop\python>
Thanks,
Linda.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Hunter [mailto:jdh2...@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 9:38 PM
To: ch...@mit.edu
Cc: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] import pylab problem
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Linda Chen <ch...@mit.edu> wrote:
> Dear matplotlib-users,
>
> I'm having trouble importing pylab and I hope someone can help me. The
error
> message is:
>
>
>
> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
> (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Linda>cd desktop\python
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Linda\Desktop\python>python readdata.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "readdata.py", line 1, in <module>
> import pylab
> File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\pylab.py", line 1, in <module>
> from matplotlib.pylab import *
> File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 127, in
> <mod
> ule>
> import sys, os, tempfile
> File "C:\python25\lib\tempfile.py", line 33, in <module>
> from random import Random as _Random
> ImportError: cannot import name Random
>
Any chance there is a directory named "random" in the directory from
which you are running python, eg what does "dir" show right before you
run python? For example, see
http://www.mail-archive.com/numpy-discuss...@scipy.org/msg14644.html
JDH
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