On Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 6:09:04 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 10:26 PM Sathvik Babu Veligatla > <sathvikveliga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > hi, > > I am new to python, and i am trying to output the prime numbers beginning > > from 3 and i cannot get the required output. > > It stops after giving the output "7" and that's it. > > > > CODE: > > a = 3 > > l = [] > > while True: > > for i in range(2,a): > > if a%i == 0: > > l.append(1) > > else: > > l.append(0) > > > > if l.count(1) == 0: > > print(a) > > a = a + 2 > > elif l.count(1) >> 0: > > a = a + 2 > > > > > > Firstly, good job on several points: you posted your code, you said > what the purpose is, and you said how the output differs from that. > Unfortunately not everyone does that :) > > Secondly, though: What does "some_number >> 0" mean? Play around with > that in the interactive interpreter and see what results you get. > > You may want to consider using a simple 'else'. When you have exactly > two possibilities, you don't need to say "else, if". For instance, > suppose you say "If today is a weekday, go to work; otherwise, play > games", you don't need to word it as "otherwise, if today is a > weekend, play games" - you just say "otherwise". You can simplify this > code the same way. > > Something worth remembering is that all code can be buggy, so writing > less code usually means you have less bugs. Try to write your program > with less code rather than more. :) > > All the best! > > ChrisA
yeah bro, tried as said. But still no luck... :-( i cannot understand the issue in the code. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list