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| Date | 2012-11-19 20:52 -0500 |
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| From | Dave Angel <d@davea.name> |
| Subject | Re: Problems on these two questions |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.27.1353376363.29569.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 11/19/2012 06:16 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:18:19 -0500, Dave Angel <d@davea.name> 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) Nope, the original problem statement didn't say what should should happen if n does have such factors. Clearly, it's only describing a program fragment. """1.Given a positive integer n , assign True to is_prime if n has no factors other than 1 and itself. (Remember, m is a factor of n if m divides n evenly.) """ -- DaveA
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Problems on these two questions su29090 <129km09@gmail.com> - 2012-11-18 17:52 -0800
Re: Problems on these two questions Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-11-19 02:09 +0000
Re: Problems on these two questions su29090 <129km09@gmail.com> - 2012-11-18 18:15 -0800
Re: Problems on these two questions Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-11-18 21:33 -0500
Re: Problems on these two questions Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-11-18 21:18 -0500
Re: Problems on these two questions Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-19 13:23 +1100
Re: Problems on these two questions Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-11-19 18:15 -0500
Re: Problems on these two questions Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-11-20 15:02 +0000
Re: Problems on these two questions Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-11-19 18:16 -0500
Re: Problems on these two questions Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-11-19 20:52 -0500
Re: Problems on these two questions Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-11-19 23:32 -0700
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