[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > def takenth(n, iterable): > "Returns the nth item" > return list(islice(iterable, n, n+1))[0] >
return islice(iterable, n).next() > isanymultiple = lambda x: any((x % y == 0) for y in nums) > return sum(filter(isanymultiple, xrange(end))) This isn't so good, you really want to apply the filters recursively. > def fibonacci(n): > """Return nth element of the fibonacci serie""" > if n == 0 or n == 1: > return n > return fibonacci(n-1) + fibonacci(n-2) uggh!!!! exponential blowup! > def euler2(end): > genfib = imap(fibonacci, count()) Are you kidding? def ggenfib(): a,b = 1,2 while True: yield a a,b = b, a=b > What I think about such code: > - It's not much readable (but usually it can be read). ... Your observations are generally good; I'd say it was done without enough attention to the math too. There is a full set of solutions on the haskell wiki, if anyone cares. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list