>From the Python.org tutorial: >>> for n in range(2, 10): ... for x in range(2, n): ... if n % x == 0: ... print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x ... break ... else: ... # loop fell through without finding a factor ... print n, 'is a prime number' ... 2 is a prime number 3 is a prime number 4 equals 2 * 2 5 is a prime number 6 equals 2 * 3 7 is a prime number 8 equals 2 * 4 9 equals 3 * 3
first time 2 mod 2, 2/2, no remainder == 0, what am I doing wrong? Why did it fall through? http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node6.html#SECTION006300000000000000000 Thanks. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list