RE: First Program Bug (Newbie)

2008-03-19 Thread Andreas Tawn
[snip] >> What is the square root function in python? > > There's one in the math module. Use the one in gmpy if you have it. Or raise to the power 1/power >>> 9**(1.0/2) 3.0 Also works for cube root, quad root etc. >>> 27**(1.0/3) 3.0 >>> 81**(1.0/4) 3.0 >>> 243**(1.0/5) 3.0 Cheers, Drea -

Re: First Program Bug (Newbie)

2008-03-18 Thread Mensanator
On Mar 18, 6:39 pm, oog1e <""benjamin.serrato\"@G(oog1e)MAIL.com"> wrote: > Hey, big thanks to you and Gabriel for replying. I couldn't quite follow > what you did yet. What is this 'gimpy' thing gmpy. It's the GMP (Gnu Multi-Precision) C-library in a Python wrapper. It supports arbitrary precisio

Re: First Program Bug (Newbie)

2008-03-18 Thread oog1e
Hey, big thanks to you and Gabriel for replying. I couldn't quite follow what you did yet. What is this 'gimpy' thing and where can I read about it? In response: First: Heh, I'm a little embarrassed I didn't notice this. I thought 'I only need to check up to half' but it didn't occur that base*

Re: First Program Bug (Newbie)

2008-03-17 Thread Jeff Schwab
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Re: First Program Bug (Newbie)

2008-03-17 Thread Gabriel Genellina
On 17 mar, 21:03, Benjamin Serrato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I Found It!! The following was a post asking for help finding a bug. I > thought I needed help with my syntax, but just before sending I found > the bug on line 13. Line 13 should read: "base = 2". I would still > appreciate any comme

Re: First Program Bug (Newbie)

2008-03-17 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
> P.S. What is the chance I'll get spam for using my real email address? Exactly 1. > I currently don't get any so... ... you will get now. Sorry to disappoint you, but it's better to be prepared in advance than be shocked later :) Cheers, Daniel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyt

Re: First Program Bug (Newbie)

2008-03-17 Thread Mensanator
On Mar 17, 7:03 pm, Benjamin Serrato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I Found It!! The following was a post asking for help finding a bug. I > thought I needed help with my syntax, but just before sending I found > the bug on line 13. Line 13 should read: "base = 2". I would still > appreciate any comm

First Program Bug (Newbie)

2008-03-17 Thread Benjamin Serrato
I Found It!! The following was a post asking for help finding a bug. I thought I needed help with my syntax, but just before sending I found the bug on line 13. Line 13 should read: "base = 2". I would still appreciate any comments on my program. Maybe there is a better way to do it that I didn