On 2007-10-26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> What in the world are you trying to count? > > The calculation looks like this > > A = 0.35 > T = 0.30 > C = 0.25 > G = 0.10
The bases in DNA? > and then I basically continually multiply those numbers together. I > need to do it like 200,000+ times but that's nuts. Exactly. It sure looks like what you're doing is nuts. > I can't even do it 1000 times or the number rounds off to 0.0. > I tried taking the inverse of these numbers as I go but then > it just shoots up to "inf". Can you explain what it is you're trying to calculate? -- Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
