In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > Hugh wrote: >> Sorry, here's an example... >> >> 5+7=12 >> >> added without carrying, 5+7=2 >> >> i.e the result is always less than 10 > >> I've been thinking some more about this and my brain is starting to >> work something out... > > No need to think too long to come up with the most possibly Q&D solution: > > res = int(str(5 + 7)[-1])
Am I missing something subtle in the question or is there some reason that nobody has posted the correct solution: (a + b) % 10 ? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list