web2py seems to be ignoring my html page and just displaying function varibles

[Andy W]

I've been following a tutorial which is relatively simple, but for some reason the view doesn't seem to reflect my html file, it's probbaly something simeple but being new to web2py I can't see what I'm doing wrong - any help appreciated

Andy

This is my controller basics.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import random
def isPrime(num):
    counter = 2
    while counter < num-1:
        if num%counter==0:
            return False
        counter = counter + 1
    return True

def random_number():
    x = random.randint(3,20)
    result = isPrime(x)
    return locals()

This is my view random_number.html

{{extend 'layout.html'}}
<h1>Random Number</h1>
<h3>
    Is the random numnber, {{=x}}, prime?
</h3>
<h3>
    The answer is: {{=result}}
</h3>

This is my result:

This is what I am expecting:

[Massimo Di Pierro]

is the file in controllers/basic/random_number.html ?

[Andy W]

The basics.py file is in web2py/applications/pluralsight/controllers/

And random_number.html is in web2py/applications/pluralsight/views/

The web URL is http://127.0.0.1:8000/pluralsight/basics/random_number

What I don't understand is other views seem to represent fine just this one?

I really like how quickly I could role out a web app with web2py but this is hampering me..

[Andy W]

It's like the function return locals is acting as print locals and overiding the html view, if I add another string as a variable that will show on the html view too..

[villas]

As Massimo implies,  your function is not finding your view,  so it is using a generic view instead.

Check carefully that your view is saved in the correct directory:  pluralsight/views/basics/random_number.html

[Andy W]

Thank you so much, on creation of the file I typed the filename rather than basics/filename

Working as expected now.