AttributeError: partially initialized module 'turtle' has no attribute 'Turtle' (most likely due to a circular import)

Question

Does anybody have any idea why this code doesn't work?

import turtle
test = turtle.Turtle()
test.color("orange")
test.pensize(5)
test.shape("turtle")
test.forward(100)

I use python 3.8

This works in Python2.7 but not in Python3.7. I haven't found the exact reason why yet. What version of Python are you using? — Rusty Robot, Mar 01 '20 at 22:36
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score 47 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 01 '20 at 22:42

You've made a common error that I happended to also make when I was investigating your question.

I assume you have your code written in a file called 'turtle.py'? When you import turtle, it imports your file, not the turtle library.

Rename your file to something other than turtle.py, and your code should run fine.

Here is the result when I renamed my file from turtle.py to turtle2.py.

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 27 '20 at 14:21

1

You need to end the loop that draws on the screen, by typing :

turtle.done()

edited Nov 27 '20 at 14:21

Ann Zen

answered Nov 24 '20 at 14:34

ayoub

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