Re: beginner question fibonacci

2005-07-17 Thread Joon
Yes, i see. Thank you very much for the fast help! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: beginner question fibonacci

2005-07-17 Thread ralobao
The case is that Python in attribution commands solves first the right side, so he atributes the vars. So the a+b expression is executed first. Joon escreveu: > >>> # Fibonacci series: > ... # the sum of two elements defines the next > ... a, b = 0, 1 > >>> while b < 10: > ... print b > ..

Re: beginner question fibonacci

2005-07-17 Thread Michael Hoffman
Joon wrote: > >>> a, b = 0, 1 > >>> while b < 10: > print b > a = b > b = a+b > > > 1 > 2 > 4 > 8 > > Why a, b = b, a+b isn't a = b; b = a+b ? Because you changed a before you added it to b. Let's call your existing a and b "a0" and "b0", and the next a and b "a1" and "b1".

Re: beginner question fibonacci

2005-07-17 Thread Robert Kern
Joon wrote: > > >>> # Fibonacci series: > ... # the sum of two elements defines the next > ... a, b = 0, 1 > >>> while b < 10: > ... print b > ... a, b = b, a+b > ... > 1 > 1 > 2 > 3 > 5 > 8 > > >>> a, b = 0, 1 > >>> while b < 10: > print b > a = b > b = a+b >

beginner question fibonacci

2005-07-17 Thread Joon
>>> # Fibonacci series: ... # the sum of two elements defines the next ... a, b = 0, 1 >>> while b < 10: ... print b ... a, b = b, a+b ... 1 1 2 3 5 8 >>> a, b = 0, 1 >>> while b < 10: print b a = b b = a+b 1 2 4 8 Why a, b = b, a+b isn't a =