title: Python 2.7.2 - Cannot import name _random or random from sys
body: <p>Im a few months new to Python and am pulling my hair out over trying to simply generate a random integer.  Ive been scouring the internet, tried many solutions provided on here but nothing takes. Python just doesnt seem to know it has a random module, though i can see it right there in my lib.  What ive tried:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>copied it relative to my .py doc and did an import random without the sys and get the same error.</li>
  <li>In the interactive help i found the "_random", so import _random doesn't give me a line 1 error,  but says my random is not defined even though ive copied and pasted numerous random number code examples straight from python help and many from this site that stated worked properly for them.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>about to throw in the towel</p>
  
  <p>tried to post a pic but apparently not "reputable" enough. The exact error is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Macintosh:week 03a ersander$ python SecretDoor.py
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "SecretDoor.py", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
      from sys import _random
  ImportError: cannot import name _random
  </code></pre>