Python - AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'randint'

Question

As part of a python course I am doing one of the tasks is to generate a random number between 1 and 10 100,000 times and count how many times each number occurs. Here is the code I have written for this task:

    import random

    one = 0
    two = 0
    three = 0
    four = 0
    five = 0
    six = 0
    seven = 0
    eight = 0
    nine = 0
    ten = 0
    count = 0

    while count < 100000:
        random = random.randint(1, 10)

        if random == 1:
            one += 1
        elif random == 2:
            two += 1
        elif random == 3:
            three += 1
        elif random == 4:
            four += 1
        elif random == 5:
            five += 1
        elif random == 6:
            six += 1
        elif random == 7:
            seven += 1
        elif random == 8:
            eight += 1
        elif random == 9:
            nine += 1
        else:
            ten += 1

    count += 1

    print("1 occured " + str(one) + " times")
    print("2 occured " + str(two) + " times")
    print("3 occured " + str(three) + " times")
    print("4 occured " + str(four) + " times")
    print("5 occured " + str(five) + " times")
    print("6 occured " + str(six) + " times")
    print("7 occured " + str(seven) + " times")
    print("8 occured " + str(eight) + " times")
    print("9 occured " + str(nine) + " times")
    print("10 occured " + str(ten) + " times")

However I get an AttributeError saying:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "J:/Python/Extension Task - Random Numbers.py", line 19, in <module>
        random = random.randint(1, 10)
    AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'randint'

I've tried changing the title so that it doesn't include the word random and it still doesn't work, I've spent much longer than is healthy looking for solution to no avail.

Answer 1

You have named one of your variables random, which is shadowing the name of the module you're trying to use:

random = random.randint(1, 10)

After this line, random is your random number, not the random module. Use a different name for this variable!