On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Gabriel Genellina <gagsl-...@yahoo.com.ar> wrote: > En Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:37:35 -0200, <collin.da...@gmail.com> escribió: > >> I am trying to write a simple application to factor polynomials. I >> wrote (simple) raw_input lines to collect the a, b, and c values from >> the user, but I dont know how to implement the quadratic equation >> >> x = (-b +or- (b^2 - 4ac)^1/2) / 2a
Why is this so hard ? This is simple simple expression. Reading through the Python tutorial and reading up on how to define functions is all you need! :) Here goes: >>> def f(a, b, c): ... x = (-1 * b) + ((b**2 - (4 * a * c)) / (2 * a)) ... return (-1 * x), x ... >>> f(1, 2, 3) (6, -6) >>> cheers James -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
