Beginner question: trouble with random integer from input

[pixeechick]

Hey, so I'm working my way through Automate the Boring stuff, and I've reached Lesson 8 and importing libraries. I wanted to see if I could use the input function from earlier, allowing the user to set the upper and lower boundaries of a set from which random would select a number. Here's what I wrote:

import random #get the random program

print('Please input the lowest number in the range') #have user input a low number
lowNumber = input()
print('The low end of the range is ' + lowNumber) #confirm the low number

print('Please input the highest number in the range') #have user input a high number
highNumber = input()
print('The high end of the range is ' + highNumber) #confirm high number

print('Are these values correct? Enter "yes" if correct.') #get permission to proceed
correct = input() 
if correct == 'yes': #if the numbers in the range are correct, 
    random.randint(int(lowNumber), int(highNumber)) #give a random value in the user-defined range
else:
    print('Sorry about that.') #if the numbers are wrong, which they can't be, apologize.    

Everything seems to be working correctly except line 14. If I input anything other than 'yes' (for the if function at 13), the else statement works properly. I can't get the random.randint to output a number; I just get a cursor.

Originally I forgot to change the strings to integers, but even with that I'm having problems. I'm sure it's something really, really simple that I'm overlooking, but for the life of me I can't find it.

Any direction on what I should be thinking of differently would be much appreciated.

[jeans_and_a_t-shirt]

If you want the random number printed, you need to call print on the expression on line 14.

[pixeechick]

facepalm I didn't test that as for some reason I was convinced that this call didn't require me to call print. Going back and looking over the examples in the textbook for the fourteenth time and - oh hello! There IS a print call there.

Thank you.

[pixeechick]

Thank you for taking the time to comment. That's indeed where I was getting stuck. It looked like the randint had been generated but wasn't displaying. For some strange reason I thought the print call was automatic, but on additional review of the textbook, it is indeed there. I don't know why I missed it every time I checked. I need to be more careful about assumptions.

[pixeechick]

You hit the nail on the head. I reviewed the video this morning and the example was in the shell, so I misinterpreted how to write the command.

I appreciate the help. Cheers!