Re: Python programming problem
- From: "rrdinger" <rrdinger@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 16:52:47 -0700
Hi Gilbert,
I'm not certain exactly what sequence you are trying to produce, but I think
the statements you have in your if block are probably wrong.
You have:
if count == new_count:
new_count == new_count+2
c == c+1
Those two statements are comparisons and result in either True or False, you
probably want:
if count == new_count:
new_count = new_count+2
c = c+1
A handy short hand for such statements is:
if count == new_count:
new_count += 2
c += 1
HTH
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: Gilbert Neiva
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 10:38 AM
Subject: Python programming problem
I am trying to make a program that makes the math sequence 2, 4, 7, 10, 14,
18, 23, 28 and so on. But when I run the program it does the math sequence 2,
4, 6, 8, 10 and so on. Here is the program code below.
#The following program will calculate the following math sequence
#2 4 7 10 14 18 23 28 and so on.
#The following lines will create three variables a, b, and c with
#values of 2, 0, and 0
a = 2
b = 0
c = 0
#The following line will create a variable count
#with a value of 0
count = 0
#The following line will create a variable new_count
#with a value of 2
new_count = 2
#The following line will create a variable max_count
#with a value of 30
max_count = 30
while count < max_count:
#The above line while count < max_count:
#tells the program to loop until the variable
#count reaches 30
#The following line will create a variable d
#witch will equal the formula a+b+c
d = a+b+c
#The following line will make b equal to d
#as the program runs, the values within these two variables will change
b = d
#The following line will increase the variable count by 1
#each time the program loops
count = count+1
#The following if statement will tell the program to increase
#the new_count variable by 2 and the c variable by 1
#if the count variable is equivalent to the new_count variable
if count == new_count:
new_count == new_count+2
c == c+1
#The following line will display the value of d
#As the program loops, the output will not go line by line
print d,
What am I doing wrong?
Gilbert Neiva
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