Darren Williams wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm writing a calculator for an online game that I used to play but
> don't seem to be able to break out of the while loop, the program will
> just go over and over the loop, crashing the program and I don't know if
> Python is just really slow at this type of thing or i'm doing it
> completely wrong in Python (the equivalent code in JavaScript works fine).
>
> Python code -
>
> def main():
> usedPocketsOne = 192000
> junkiesOne = 500
> labSpaceOne = 0
>
> resultOne = 0
> while usedPocketsOne > (junkiesOne - labSpaceOne) * 17:
> resultOne = resultOne + 1
> usedPocketsOne = (UsedPocketsOne - junkiesOne + labSpaceOne) * 17
Maybe this should be
usedPocketsOne = UsedPocketsOne - junkiesOne + labSpaceOne * 17
which is what you have in the JS.
Kent
> junkiesOne = junkiesOne + 1
>
> main()
>
> And the JavaScript equivalent (incase there are any stalwarts beside
> Alan here) -
>
> function main() {
> var usedPocketsOne = 192000
> var junkiesOne = 500
> var labSpaceOne = 0
>
> var resultOne = 0
> while (usedPocketsOne > junkiesOne - labSpaceOne * 17) {
> resultOne = resultOne + 1
> usedPocketsOne = usedPocketsOne - junkiesOne + labSpaceOne * 17
> junkiesOne = junkiesOne + 1
> }
> }
>
> Thanks in advance for any help :)
>
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