Re: Sudoku

Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Date	2013-03-31 15:27 -0700
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Subject	Re: Sudoku
From	Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com>
Message-ID	<mailman.4037.1364768873.2939.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Monday, April 1, 2013 8:33:47 AM UTC+10:30, Eric Parry wrote:
> On Sunday, March 31, 2013 9:45:36 AM UTC+10:30, Dave Angel wrote:
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> > > The exit() did not work.
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> > Would you like to elaborate?  exit() is supposed to take an int 
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> > > I replaced it with return = 0, and that does work.
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> > No it doesn't.  return = 0 is a syntax error in both Python 2.x and 3.x
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> I think in the original it was exit(a). That did not work either.
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> I'll try the others.
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> Eric.

I tried all those things. The program keeps running after the solution in every case. Never mind. It won't do that in VBA when I finish it.
Eric.

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Sudoku Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com> - 2013-03-26 22:44 -0700
  Re: Sudoku Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2013-03-27 08:58 +0100
    Re: Sudoku Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com> - 2013-03-27 20:00 -0700
      Re: Sudoku Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-28 00:36 -0400
        Re: Sudoku Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com> - 2013-03-28 15:11 -0700
          Re: Sudoku Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-28 19:28 -0400
            Re: Sudoku Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com> - 2013-03-28 22:07 -0700
            Re: Sudoku Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com> - 2013-03-28 22:07 -0700
          Re: Sudoku Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-29 09:45 +1100
            Re: Sudoku Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com> - 2013-03-29 14:47 -0700
              Re: Sudoku Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-29 18:11 -0400
                Re: Sudoku Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com> - 2013-03-30 15:06 -0700
                Re: Sudoku Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-30 19:15 -0400
                Re: Sudoku Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 15:03 -0700
                Re: Sudoku Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-31 18:34 -0400
                Re: Sudoku Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 23:59 +0100
                Re: Sudoku Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 15:03 -0700
                Re: Sudoku Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 15:27 -0700
                Re: Sudoku Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-01 09:35 +1100
                Re: Sudoku Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 20:58 -0700
                Re: Sudoku Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 15:27 -0700
                Re: Sudoku Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com> - 2013-03-30 15:06 -0700
            Re: Sudoku Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com> - 2013-03-29 14:47 -0700
        Re: Sudoku Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com> - 2013-03-28 15:11 -0700
  Re: Sudoku Damien Wyart <damien.wyart@free.fr> - 2013-03-27 09:49 +0100
  Re: Sudoku Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-27 05:38 -0400
  Re: Sudoku Eric Parry <joan4eric@gmail.com> - 2013-03-27 19:49 -0700

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