That function is absolutely no good for this situation. 1. Take a small number. 5.4348809719085693
2. Put it in the function. f(5.4348809719085693) = 1/5.4348809719085693 3. Get a large number??? 0.18399666987533483 That number is even smaller. I want a large one coming out. Erik Max Francis wrote: > Jay wrote: > > > Okay, this is a game. So the points are abstract. It's like an arcade > > game in respect to the points. They don't actually mean or represent > > anything. The only point is to get a high score. The idea is that the > > faster the user acts (or reacts) the greater amount of points they'll > > receive. Simplified, I need a fuction or statement that takes in a > > small number and spits out a big number. The smaller the input, the > > larger the output. > > There are any number of functions which fit this property, like f(x) = > 1/x. You'll have to define more clearly what properties of this > negative function you want to narrow it down beyond that. > > -- > Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ > San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM, Y!M erikmaxfrancis > Get married, but never to a man who is home all day. > -- George Bernard Shaw -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list