On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 10:17 PM, BartC wrote:
> On 17/01/2016 08:25, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 6:37 PM, Ian Kelly wrote:
>>>
>>> Technically it defaults to non local. The var statement allocates a
>>> variable within the current scope. Otherwise it searches up the chain
On 17/01/2016 08:25, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 6:37 PM, Ian Kelly wrote:
Technically it defaults to non local. The var statement allocates a
variable within the current scope. Otherwise it searches up the chain of
parent scopes for a matching variable...
This far, it's exa
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 6:37 PM, Ian Kelly wrote:
> Technically it defaults to non local. The var statement allocates a
> variable within the current scope. Otherwise it searches up the chain of
> parent scopes for a matching variable...
This far, it's exactly the same as C.
> ... terminating at
Steven D'Aprano writes:
> And this is the language that 95% of the Internet uses... my brain hurts.
WAT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20BySC_6HyY
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On Jan 17, 2016 12:16 AM, "Steven D'Aprano" wrote:
>
> On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 10:25 am, jonas.thornv...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > double use of j in two different functions
>
> Are you using a global variable called "j" as a loop variable? That sounds
> like a terrible idea.
>
> You should use local var
On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 10:25 am, jonas.thornv...@gmail.com wrote:
> double use of j in two different functions
Are you using a global variable called "j" as a loop variable? That sounds
like a terrible idea.
You should use local variables. Then a function with a local variable j
cannot possibly eff
Den lördag 16 januari 2016 kl. 23:30:48 UTC+1 skrev Chris Angelico:
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 9:23 AM, wrote:
> > function factor_it(i){
> > prime=true;
> > sqroot=Math.floor(Math.sqrt(i));
> > for (j=2;j > {return prime}}
> > return prime;
> > }
>
> A couple of potential problems here. The firs
Den lördag 16 januari 2016 kl. 23:30:48 UTC+1 skrev Chris Angelico:
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 9:23 AM, wrote:
> > function factor_it(i){
> > prime=true;
> > sqroot=Math.floor(Math.sqrt(i));
> > for (j=2;j > {return prime}}
> > return prime;
> > }
>
> A couple of potential problems here. The firs
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 9:23 AM, wrote:
> function factor_it(i){
> prime=true;
> sqroot=Math.floor(Math.sqrt(i));
> for (j=2;j prime}}
> return prime;
> }
A couple of potential problems here. The first thing that comes to
mind is that floating point inaccuracy is going to bite you long
before th
