Python shell not functioning

[Kongurinn]

I'm having issues with the python shell itself and running some functions. I've tried importing the random library and whenever I use seed nothing happens. Any ideas?

from random import *
seed(123)

At this point all I get is:
>>>

[metulburr]

What else do you expect?

[Kongurinn]

Sorry, I'm new to Python (and coding as a matter of fact). Just realized that it became a seed and the real return for a random number would be random()