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

Answer 1

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.