# LoadError: UndefVarError \`Normal\` not defined

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-undefvarerror-normal-not-defined/120865
**Category:** New to Julia
**Created:** [October 3, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-undefvarerror-normal-not-defined/120865 "2024-10-03T17:06:58Z")
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### Author: ![anon91151494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@anon91151494](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon91151494)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-undefvarerror-normal-not-defined/120865/1 "2024-10-03T17:06:58Z")

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The following Julia code produces the error specified in the title of this post:

```julia
import Random

Random.Normal(0.0, 1.0)

```

However, the following code works:

```julia
using Random

Normal(0.0, 1.0)

```

I thought that `import` performed a very similar function to `using`, the difference being that module exported names are not brought into the current scope.

Can someone clarify? I was trying to write code which would require the use of fully qualified names, prefixed by the module name.

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### Author: ![Sukera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sukera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sukera)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-undefvarerror-normal-not-defined/120865/2 "2024-10-03T17:24:18Z")

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`Normal` is not from the `Random` stdlib; are you thinking of Distributions.jl?

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### Author: ![anon91151494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@anon91151494](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon91151494)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2024, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-undefvarerror-normal-not-defined/120865/3 "2024-10-04T08:26:31Z")

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sorry - noob error - thank you for fixing my problem

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### Author: ![StefanKarpinski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stefankarpinski/32/24_2.png) [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-undefvarerror-normal-not-defined/120865/4 "2024-10-04T10:49:28Z")

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