I have started learning python, and I want to make a script.

#!/usr/bin/env python

import math

decibel = math.log10 (17.0)
angle = 1.5
height = math.sin(angle)
degrees = 45
angle = degrees * 2 * math.pi /360.0
math.sin(angle)

I works when I type the stuff in konsole, but when runnning the script it gives the error

$ python math.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "math.py", line 3, in ?
import math
File "/home/christoffer/python/math.py", line 5, in ?
decibel = math.log10 (17.0)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'log10'

I have tried switching "#!/usr/bin/env python" with "#!/usr/bin/python python" because "which python" gives "/usr/bin/python" but I don't work either.

Do you have a file in the current directory called math.py?
When you run your python script it is importing the math.py from your current directory which does not have the log10 attribute.
try copying your test file to /tmp and running it from there, do you get the same problem?

The file is in /home/christoffer/python/math.py
and run standing in that directory.
Copying to tmp and runing from there don't help.
How can I make it point to math, so it uses it?

(1) it should just be "#!/usr/bin/python", not "#!/usr/bin/python python".
(2) the file tries to import itself--python resolves imports by looking in the current directory first. You can either import the math library using the same functions some deep, low-level code uses, or just rename your file.

IOW, just rename your file.

hth --Jonas

thank you

The posted script has "#!/usr/bin/env python", not "#!/usr/bin/python python".

"#!/usr/bin/env python" is correct, and often used for python scripts. I don't understand however the difference between "#!/usr/bin/env python" and "#!/usr/bin/python"

That's what I was referring to. But nevermind. "If it ain't fixed don't break it".

The difference is that with the absolute path (#!/usr/bin/python), if the python executable is stored anywhere else (say, /usr/local/bin/python), your script won't run. By using env, you fix the location of env instead of python; I think env is more often found in /usr/bin that python, so that's why.

hth --Jonas