Python getopt module error "NameError: name 'opts' is not defined" after importing

Question

I'm trying to take in two arguments from the console. The following code seems to have worked on my colleague's computer, so I'm not sure why it is giving me an error when trying to run it on mine. I am on a Mac.

import getopt
import sys
    
   
question_id= None
arg_student = None
argv = sys.argv[1:]
print("test")

try:
    opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv, "i:s:", ["question_id=","arg_student="])
except:
    print("Error")

for opt, arg in opts:
    if opt in ['-i', '--question_id']:
        question_id = arg
    elif opt in ['-s', '--arg_student']:
        arg_student = arg

print("Question Number: " + question_id)        
print("Student response: " + arg_student)

This is the error I am getting:

   Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/ailanysmacbook/github/AutomatedEssayGrading/AutomatedEssayGrading/input.py", line 1, in <module>
    import getopt
  File "/Users/ailanysmacbook/github/AutomatedEssayGrading/AutomatedEssayGrading/getopt.py", line 20, in <module>
    for opt, arg in opts:
NameError: name 'opts' is not defined

It seems to be happening right after I try importing it. Do I need to install something? I'm not sure what's missing.

This is what I'm putting into the console:

python3 input.py -i 0 -s Sample text.

Answer 1

Answer:

I had another file called getopt.py in the same folder which was overriding the default python module. Renaming it to input.py fixed this issue.