Re: please i need explanation

2013-01-13 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:04:34 -0600, Tony the Tiger wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:35:10 -0600, kwakukwatiah wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> def factorial(n): > > Right, another html junkie, on windoze, no doubt. X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3508.1109 -- http://mail.python.org/mailm

Re: please i need explanation

2013-01-11 Thread Hans Mulder
On 11/01/13 16:35:10, kwakukwat...@gmail.com wrote: > def factorial(n): > if n<2: > return 1 > f = 1 > while n>= 2: > f *= n > f -= 1 U think this line should have been: n -= 1 > return f Hope this helps, -- HansM -- http://mail.python.o

Re: please i need explanation

2013-01-11 Thread Steve Simmons
. Elo Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 3:56 AM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: please i need explanation Hi! Since there is no stated question, I need to guess: n -= 1 (instead of "f -= 1") should work. Or maybe the question was a totally different one... -Kimmo 11.01.2013 1

Re: please i need explanation

2013-01-11 Thread Thomas Rachel
Am 11.01.2013 17:33 schrieb kwakukwat...@gmail.com: def factorial(n): if n<2: return 1 f = 1 while n>= 2: f *= n f -= 1 return f please it works. I doubt this. If you give n = 4, you run into an endless loop. but don’t get why the ret

Re: please i need explanation

2013-01-11 Thread Jussi Piitulainen
kwakukwat...@gmail.com writes: > 11.01.2013 17:35, kwakukwat...@gmail.com wrote: > > def factorial(n): > > if n<2: > > return 1 > > f = 1 > > while n>= 2: > > f *= n > > f -= 1 > > return f > > please it works.but don’t get why the return 1 and th

Re: please i need explanation

2013-01-11 Thread Karim
On 11/01/2013 17:33, kwakukwat...@gmail.com wrote: -Original Message- From: K. Elo Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 3:56 AM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: please i need explanation Hi! Since there is no stated question, I need to guess: n -= 1 (instead of "f -= 1"

Re: please i need explanation

2013-01-11 Thread kwakukwatiah
-Original Message- From: K. Elo Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 3:56 AM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: please i need explanation Hi! Since there is no stated question, I need to guess: n -= 1 (instead of "f -= 1") should work. Or maybe the question was a totally

Re: please i need explanation

2013-01-11 Thread Vincent Vande Vyvre
Le 11/01/13 16:35, kwakukwat...@gmail.com a écrit : > def factorial(n): > if n<2: > return 1 > f = 1 > while n>= 2: > f *= n > f -= 1 > return f > > > I guess you mean: f = 1 while n>= 2: f *= n n -= 1 return f Try it. -

Re: please i need explanation

2013-01-11 Thread Karim
On 11/01/2013 16:35, kwakukwat...@gmail.com wrote: def factorial(n): if n<2: return 1 f = 1 while n>= 2: f *= n f -= 1 return f What explanation this a function representing the math factorial. You provide a parameter n: if n est lower than 2 the

Re: please i need explanation

2013-01-11 Thread K. Elo
Hi! Since there is no stated question, I need to guess: n -= 1 (instead of "f -= 1") should work. Or maybe the question was a totally different one... -Kimmo 11.01.2013 17:35, kwakukwat...@gmail.com wrote: def factorial(n): if n<2: return 1 f = 1 while n>= 2: