On 11/19/2012 06:16 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:18:19 -0500, Dave Angel <d...@davea.name> declaimed > the following in gmane.comp.python.general: > > >> if is_a_prime(n): >> is_prime = True >> >> Now all you have to do is write is_a_prime(). if you get stuck, please >> show us what you've got, and what the problem is with it. And as usual, >> tell us what version of Python you're writing in, if any. >> > Since "is_a_prime" is returning a Boolean, this condenses to: > > is_prime = is_a_prime(n)
Nope, the original problem statement didn't say what should should happen if n does have such factors. Clearly, it's only describing a program fragment. """1.Given a positive integer n , assign True to is_prime if n has no factors other than 1 and itself. (Remember, m is a factor of n if m divides n evenly.) """ -- DaveA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
