On 2020-04-05 05:22:45 -0700, Sathvik Babu Veligatla wrote: > 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.
A technique I learned when I started programming (back in the days when
computers were made from bones and rocks), is to "play computer":
Grab a piece of paper and a pencil. Make a column for each variable (a,
l, and i in your case). Then walk through the code line by line, think
about what each line does, and every time a new value is assigned to a
variable, note the new value on your paper.
Do the values of the variables change the way you expect them to? If
not, why not?
hp
PS: You can also single-step through the program in a debugger, but I
think doing this by hand on a piece of paper is very useful, especially
for a beginner, since it forces you to think what happens (The downside
is of course that you may make mistakes - but then you can learn from
them).
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