Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!news.nosignal.org!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.014 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:two': 0.07; 'python': 0.09; 'any.': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:Problems': 0.16; 'subject:questions': 0.16; 'subject:these': 0.16; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.28; 'url:home': 0.33; 'problem': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'version': 0.34; 'nov': 0.35; 'returning': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; "you've": 0.61; 'show': 0.63; 'dennis': 0.91; 'received:108': 0.91; 'angel': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: Problems on these two questions Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:16:44 -0500 Organization: > Bestiaria Support Staff < References: <400c615f-4d93-4b8b-85ec-1bb4c47e30fe@googlegroups.com> <50A996EB.2000600@davea.name> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-108-68-177-195.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 X-No-Archive: YES X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 18 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1353367195 news.xs4all.nl 6944 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52240 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:33561 On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:18:19 -0500, Dave Angel declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: > if is_a_prime(n): > is_prime = True > > Now all you have to do is write is_a_prime(). if you get stuck, please > show us what you've got, and what the problem is with it. And as usual, > tell us what version of Python you're writing in, if any. > Since "is_a_prime" is returning a Boolean, this condenses to: is_prime = is_a_prime(n) -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/