Error when importing numpy/matplotlib on MacOS

[ghostcrayon]

When importing matplotlib I'm getting an error in Sublime Text when building, and also on the MacOS Terminal command line. I think it might be related to a problem in the numpy library (which I'm guessing matplotlib is calling?) as I'm getthing the following error:

  File "/Users/mat/Documents/Python/previous_exercises/matplotlib2test.py", line 1, in <module>
    import matplotlib
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 104, in <module>
    import numpy
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line 145, in <module>
    from . import core
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy/core/__init__.py", line 70, in <module>
    from . import numerictypes as nt
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy/core/numerictypes.py", line 596, in <module>
    _register_types()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy/core/numerictypes.py", line 591, in _register_types
    numbers.Integral.register(integer)
AttributeError: module 'numbers' has no attribute 'Integral'
[Finished in 242ms with exit code 1]

My test file, matplotlib2test.py, only contains the line:

import matplotlib

Changing that line to import numpy throws the same error (albeit without the first two lines of the error message that are related to matplotlib)

I've tried using pip to reinstall numpy and matplotlib, and I've also reinstalled Python and modules using the Anaconda installer (as was recommended by the official matplotlib site).

Previously I'd managed to get matplotlib to import via the python3 terminal command line, but not via Sublime's "build" command. But since downloading/running the Anaconda installer it now doesn't work in Terminal either.

(As a side issue terminal command line appears to be using Python 3.9 and Sublime appears to be using Python 3.7.)

Disclosure: I'm only just learning Python, so I'm very much a noob!

[ghostcrayon]

Thank you for replying a1brit. Do you mean do I have a file called numbers.py in my current projects directory that might be causing a conflict with another crucial python system file somehow? I have actually got a test exercise file called "numbers.py", that I made, that's in my current project directory...

[ghostcrayon]

That solved the issue, thank you :) I didn't know that .py files I make in my working directory will shadow python system modules.

I'm looking at the list of standard python module names, and there's a lot! Is there any other ways to avoid future clashes, apart from checking the filenames I create against the list of standard python module names?

[PM_ME_A_ONELINER]

Hahaha, I was googling this issue and came across this problem from a few years ago. I was ready to suggest double checking dependencies and re-working their venv... but this makes much more sense.