Im trying to have users enter numbers until it equals 999. For some reason the first number entered doesn't register and comes up at 0. I know I've set it as 0 but thats to push the program into a loop.
counter = 0
equals = 0
while equals < 999:
equals = equals + counter
print(equals)
if counter < 998:
counter = eval(input("Enter numbers to equal 999"))
else:
print("number entered is equal or over 999")
It prints 0 in the first iteration because you print(equals) before reading it from the input. So:
counter = 0
equals = 0
while equals < 999:
if counter < 998:
counter = int(input("Enter numbers to equal 999"))
else:
print("number entered is equal or over 999")
equals = equals + counter
print(equals)
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I'm reading a book about python programming for begginers.
One of it's tasks is to write a prime number calcutator that calculates 'n' prime numbers.
So far I've studied strings, logic gates, while and conditions.
The idea is to make it using only those operators.
I need help because I'm stuck with this code.
Here's what I've done:
odd = 3
number = 2
limit = int(input('How many primes do you need: '))
remnant = number % odd
even_remnant = number % 2
counter = 0
while counter <= limit:
if number == 2:
print('2')
number += 2
elif (number % 2) != 0:
remnant = number % odd
while odd < number:
print('while2')
remnant = number % odd
if (number % odd) != 0 and odd == (number - 1):
print(f'{number}.')
odd = 3
number += 1
counter += 1
break
elif (number % odd) == 0:
break
odd += 2
elif (number % 2) == 0:
number += 1
odd = 3
What do you think?
Thanks everyone.
Put your debugging pants on, we're going in.
First, the code doesn't run as it's written. The variables counter and impar are undefined. First step is to remove syntax errors like that. Looks like we want to start counter at 0 and the line that uses impar isn't necessary so we can delete it.
odd = 3
number = 2
limit = int(input('How many primes do you need: '))
counter = 0
while counter < limit:
if number == 2:
print('2')
number += 2
elif (number % 2) != 0:
while odd < number:
print('while2')
remnant = number % odd
if (number % odd) != 0 and odd == (number - 1):
print(f'{number}.')
odd = 3
number += 1
break
elif (number % odd) == 0:
break
odd += 2
elif (number % 2) == 0:
number += 1
odd = 3
Now the code runs without error, but all it does is print
2
while2
And then fails to terminate.
So we know we enter the while odd < number loop only once and we don't print anything during that loop. If we also print the value of odd and number while we are in there we see odd = 3 and number = 5. Neither of the if conditions are met and the odd += 2 line is hit. Now odd = 5 and the while loop exits without printing 5 even though 5 is prime. If we want to hit our print statement by meeting the condition odd == (number - 1) we better go in steps of 1 when incrementing odd. Let's change to odd += 1 and re-run the code.
Now when I say I need 2 primes it prints
2
5
7
And then prints while2 forever. At least it prints prime numbers! But it skipped 3 and printed too many, and I had to use Ctrl-C to quit the program. Too many primes were printed because the outer loop while counter <= limit: condition was never reached. Inside the loop, we never increase the value of counter. Whenever we print a prime, we need to increase counter.
Also, to make sure we print 3, take a look at the first if condition in the loop.
if number == 2:
print('2')
number += 2 # Oops, we skipped over 3
Let's update this:
if number == 2:
print('2')
print('3')
counter += 2 # Let's count both of these!
number += 2
Also adding counter += 1 after the other print, re-running the code we get
How many primes do you need: 2
2
3
5.
How many primes do you need: 3
2
3
5.
7.
Oops, we are getting one more than we need. This is because when counter == limit we run the while loop one more time. Let's change our while loop condition to while counter < limit:. That change gets us just the right number of primes.
How many primes do you need: 4
2
3
5.
7.
But if we ask for 5
How many primes do you need: 5
2
3
5.
7.
And the program never exits. If we check the values of odd and number, we see that the loops is running with odd=3 and number=9 over and over again.
Reason through the code when odd=3 and number=9. We break out of the while odd < number while loop when we hit this code
elif (number % odd) == 0
break
But we never increase the value of number, so it is still equal to 9 the next time through the loop. Let's update this to
elif (number % odd) == 0
number += 1
break
Now when we re-run the code we get
How many primes do you need: 5
2
3
5.
7.
11.
Huzzah! And it works when asking for more primes as well. Here is the code as it is currently:
odd = 3
number = 2
limit = int(input('How many primes do you need: '))
counter = 0
while counter < limit:
if number == 2:
print('2')
print('3')
counter += 2
number += 2
elif (number % 2) != 0:
while odd < number:
if (number % odd) != 0 and odd == (number - 1):
print(f'{number}.')
odd = 3
number += 1
break
elif (number % odd) == 0:
number += 1
break
odd += 1
elif (number % 2) == 0:
number += 1
odd = 3
Now that we have working code, let's improve it! One of our bugs was that we forgot to increase number by 1 in one case. Notice that no matter how we exit the outer while loop while counter <= limit: we want to increment number. So, instead of doing it in many places, let's move all of those to the end of the while block.
We also set odd=3 whenever exiting the while block. What we want to ensure is that odd=3 at the start of the while loop, so let's move that there. Now there is no more code in the elif (number % 2) == 0: block, so we can remove that line.
number = 2
limit = int(input('How many primes do you need: '))
counter = 0
while counter < limit:
odd = 3
if number == 2:
print('2')
print('3')
counter += 2
elif (number % 2) != 0:
while odd < number:
if (number % odd) != 0 and odd == (number - 1):
print(f'{number}.')
counter += 1
break
elif (number % odd) == 0:
break
odd += 1
number += 1
I think the code is more clear if the while loop ends when the condition is met, rather than on break statements. We want the while loop to end if we find the number is divisible by something, or we run out of numbers to check.
`while number % odd != 0 and odd < number:`
And the only thing we need to do in the while loop is increment odd. Then after the loop, we can check the value of odd to see which condition was met.
number = 2
limit = int(input('How many primes do you need: '))
counter = 0
while counter < limit:
odd = 3
if number == 2:
print('2')
print('3')
counter += 2
elif (number % 2) != 0:
while number % odd != 0 and odd < number:
odd += 1
if odd == number: # No divisor was found!
print(f'{number}.')
counter += 1
number += 1
Notice that we are "hard coding" the divisibility by 2 (number % 2) != 0 and then using the variable odd to check divisibility by everything else. If we start odd at 2 instead of 3, we don't have to do the hard coding.
number = 2
limit = int(input('How many primes do you need: '))
counter = 0
while counter < limit:
odd = 2
if number == 2:
print('2')
print('3')
counter += 2
while number % odd != 0 and odd < number:
odd += 1
if odd == number: # No divisor was found!
print(f'{number}.')
counter += 1
number += 1
When we make this change, we also notice that we find the primes 2 and 3 twice, so we can remove the hard coded version of those:
number = 2
limit = int(input('How many primes do you need: '))
counter = 0
while counter < limit:
odd = 2
while number % odd != 0 and odd < number:
odd += 1
if odd == number: # No divisor was found!
print(f'{number}.')
counter += 1
number += 1
When I try to run this code it tells me that Counter is not set, so right before entering the loop set Counter to 0.
Another problem is that you start by finding 2 in the first case of your loop, this is nice. Here after the loop runs again, now with number set to 4. Because of your += 2 instruction.
It then runs the last elif case. where (number % 2) == 0. here it set number = 5, and odd = 3. But it doesn't print 3. I think you mean to do this.
Now it runs the loop again, and enter the second elif case (number % 2) != 0.
The first line in the elif clause the variable impar is not defined so it will fail.
I can't understand your program but it's good
def is_prime(n):
st = "prime" # being prime status
for i in range(2,n):
if n % i == 0: # if number is prime
st = "not prime"
break;
return st
n = int(input("enter n: "))
pc = 0 # prime conter
c = 1 # counter
while n != pc:
if is_prime(c) == "prime":
print (c)
pc += 1
c += 1
To calculate 'n' number for prime numbers you needn't use so many statements, if you make use of the the arithmetic and logical or bit-wise operators, which you will be learning in the future chapters of the python book you're referring.
I shall help you by editing the code for you.
number = int(input("Enter range: "))
print("Prime numbers:", end=' ')
for n in range(2, number):
for i in range(2, n):
if n % i == 0:
break
else:
print(n, end=' ')
import random
counter = 0
count = 0
counting = 0
valueOne = 0
valueTwo = 0
while counter ==0:
playerOne = random.randint(1,10)
number = random.randint(1,10)
About right here is where I get confused. It will run the loop, but every time it runs, the random values get reset, and even if the first time it prints a random number, the second time it might print the same and so forth.
if number == playerOne:
count = count + 1
if number != playerOne:
valueOne = playerOne
if number != valueOne:
print("lotto number",number)
counting = counting + 1
if counting >= 4:
print("it took you this many trys",count)
input('play again?')
counting = 0
count = 0
Should list the numbers in 1-10 (inclusive) then randomly sample them.
random.sample(range(1,11), 4)
random.sample docs
range docs
I am writing this program to find the 13 adjacent digits in this number that, when added together, have the largest sum. When I run it, however, the b value does not start at 12; it starts at some obscenely high number and I cannot figure out why. Any idea why my a and b values are not incrementing correctly?
num = "731671765313306249192251196744265747423553491949349698352031277450632623957831801698480186947885184385861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511125069874715852386305071569329096329522744304355766896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113622298934233803081353362766142828064444866452387493035890729629049156044077239071381051585930796086670172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776657273330010533678812202354218097512545405947522435258490771167055601360483958644670632441572215539753697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482839722413756570560574902614079729686524145351004748216637048440319989000889524345065854122758866688116427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586178664583591245665294765456828489128831426076900422421902267105562632111110937054421750694165896040807198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188845801561660979191338754992005240636899125607176060588611646710940507754100225698315520005593572972571636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450"
a = 0
b = 12
greatest = 0
while b != len(str(num)):
num = str(num)
newNum = num[a:b]
total = 0
for num in newNum:
num = int(num)
total += num
if total > greatest:
greatest = total
a+=1
b+=1
print(b)
print(greatest)
The main issue is that you are reusing num in the inner loop, which renders the "original" num wrong after the first run.
Additionally, if you want a 13 digits run-in, you'd better start with b = 13
And furthermore, there is no need for str(num) since it is already a string, and no need to change b along the program. You can also replace the inner loop with a sum upon map.
Here is what it should look like after these changes:
num = "731671765313306249192251196744265747423553491949349698352031277450632623957831801698480186947885184385861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511125069874715852386305071569329096329522744304355766896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113622298934233803081353362766142828064444866452387493035890729629049156044077239071381051585930796086670172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776657273330010533678812202354218097512545405947522435258490771167055601360483958644670632441572215539753697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482839722413756570560574902614079729686524145351004748216637048440319989000889524345065854122758866688116427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586178664583591245665294765456828489128831426076900422421902267105562632111110937054421750694165896040807198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188845801561660979191338754992005240636899125607176060588611646710940507754100225698315520005593572972571636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450"
index = 0
run_in = 13
greatest = 0
while index + run_in < len(num):
num_slice = num[index: index + run_in]
slice_sum = sum(map(int, num_slice))
if slice_sum > greatest:
greatest = slice_sum
index += 1
print(greatest)
If you are into super functions, you can create the same effect with a list comprehension and a max closure, iterating all possible indexes (until the length of the number minus the run in):
greatest = max(sum(map(int, num[index: index + run_in])) for index in range(len(num) - run_in))
def largest(num, k):
num = str(num)
if len(num) < k: raise ValueError("Need a number with at least {} digits".format(k))
currsum = sum(int(i) for i in num[:k])
answer = currsum, 0
i = k+1
while i < len(num):
currsum -= int(num[i-k])
currsum += int(num[i])
if currsum > answer[0]: answer = currsum, i
i += 1
return answer
total, ind = largest(myNum, 13)
print("The maximum sum of digits is {}, starting at index {}".format(total, ind))
An Emirp is a prime number whose reversal is also a prime. For
example, 17 is a prime and 71 is a prime, so 17 and 71 are emirps.
Write a program that prints out the first N emirps, five on each line.
Calculate the first N emirp (prime, spelled backwards) numbers, where
N is a positive number that the user provides as input.
Implementation Details
You are required to make use of 2 functions (which you must write).
isPrime(value) # Returns true if value is a prime number. reverse
(value) # Returns the reverse of the value (i.e. if value is 35,
returns 53). You should use these functions in conjunction with logic
in your main part of the program, to perform the computation of N
emirps and print them out according to the screenshot below.
The general outline for your program would be as follows:
Step 1: Ask user for positive number (input validation) Step 2:
Initialize a variable Test to 2 Step 3: While # emirps found is less
than the input:
Call isPrime with Test, and call it again with reverse(Test).
If both are prime, print and increment number of emirps found. Test++ Hint - to reverse the number, turn it into a string and then
reverse the string. Then turn it back into an int!
MY CODE:
n = 0
count = 0
i = 1
def isPrime(value):
test = 2
count = 0
while(test < value):
if( value % test == 0):
count+=count
test+=test
if(count == 0):
return 1
else:
return 0
def reverse(value):
reverse = 0
while(value > 0):
reverse = reverse * 10 + (value % 10)
value = value / 10
return reverse
n = float(input("Please enter a positive number: "))
while(count < n):
i+=i;
if(isPrime(i)):
if(isPrime(reverse(i))):
print("i" + "\n")
count+=count
if((count % (5)) == 0 ):
print("\n")
where are the mistakes?
UPDATED CODE BUT STILL NOT RUNNING:
n = 0
count = 0
i = 1
def isPrime(value):
test = 2
while(test < value):
if( value % test != 0):
test +=1
else:
return 0
def reverse(value):
return int(str(value)[::-1])
i = int(input("Please enter a positive number: "))
count = 0
while(count < 5):
if(isPrime(i)):
if(isPrime(reverse(i))):
print(str(i) + "\n")
count += 1
i += 1
else:
i += 1
else:
i +=1
There are a lot of issues with your code. I altered the function isPrime. There is among other no need for count here and if you want to increment test by 1 every loop use test +=1:
def isPrime(value):
test = 2
while(test < value):
if( value % test != 0):
test +=1
else:
return 0
return 1
There is an easy way to reverse digits by making value a string in reversed order and to convert this into an integer:
def reverse(value):
return int(str(value)[::-1])
You among other have to assign the input to i. n in your code is a constant 5. You have to increment i by one in any condition and increment the count by one if i is an emirp only:
i = int(input("Please enter a positive number: "))
count = 0
while(count < 5):
if(isPrime(i)):
if(isPrime(reverse(i))):
print(str(i) + "\n")
count += 1
i += 1
else:
i += 1
else:
i +=1
def emrip_no(num):
i=0
j=0
for i in range(1,num+1):
a=0
for j in range(1,i+1):
if(i%j==0):
a+=1
if(a==2):
print("Number is a prime number")
k=0
l=0
rv=0
while(num!=0):
r=num%10
rv=(rv*10)+r
num=num//10
print("It's reverse is: ",rv)
for k in range(1,rv+1):
b=0
for l in range(1,k+1):
if(k%l==0):
b+=1
if(b==2):
print("It's reverse is also a prime number")
else:
print("It's reverse is not a prime number")
n=int(input("Enter a number: "))
emrip_no(n)
My code is:
currentNum = 0
divisible = True
prime = 0
counter = 1
counter2 = 1
counter3 = 0
counter4 = 0
while not counter == 10:
while not counter2 == counter:
currentNum = counter / counter2
while not counter3 == counter:
if currentNum == counter3:
counter4 = counter4 + 1
if counter4 == 1:
divisible = True
counter4 = 0
else:
divisible = False
prime = prime + 1
counter4 = 0
counter3 = 0
counter2 = 1
counter = counter + 1
print(prime)
but for some reason it only shows 0.5 whenever I try to use it.
Well first 0 and 1 are not prime numbers so we must take care of that. Also 2 is prime so we must also take care of that. Now that the outlier prime numbers are out we can focus on the normal ones.
A prime number can only be divided by 1 and itself. So we must make a list to and make sure our input can't be divided by any number in that list. Also even numbers are out of the playing field since they can be divided by 2.
First I make a function to check the input against every number up to the number to see if it can be divided by other numbers. Then I check if the number is even (num%2 is a good way to check if something is even) or if the number can be divided by any other number.
See how I put the even check first to save time if the number is even we don't have to check all the numbers in the list we can just return false without iterating through the entire list.
def is_prime(num):
if num < 0 or num in [0,1]:
return False
elif num == 2:
return True
def prime_range_check():
for number in range(2,num):
if num%number == 0:
return False
if num % 2 == 0 or prime_range_check() == False:
return False
return True