On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 02:39:40 +0100, Carl Friedrich Bolz wrote: > Hi! > > Ivan Shevanski wrote: >> I've searched on google for a bit but I can't seem to find a way to get >> multiples of a number. . .For instance what would I do if I wanted >> something to happen every time x reached a multiple of 100 in this >> sample code: >> >> x = 0 >> while x < 2000: >> x += 1 >> > > The idea is to use to modulo operator % which gives you the residue of a > number when divided by another number:
> for x in range(2000): > if x % 100 == 0: > do_something() Another way is, if you aren't doing anything *except* counting for the other 99 values of x, just skip them completely: fox x in range(20): do_something(x*100) Ivan, what are you trying to do? -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list