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bl00dninja · Apr 15th, 2005, 6:22 PM

you might want to examine your algorithm...it looks like it screens for even numbers, not prime numbers. i don't really know anything about python, but the error sounds like it's accepting num as a string value rather than an integer value. i don't know if you need to use another function, or explicitly convert the data type, or if i'm just plain wrong. but no, anything % 2 that equals 0 is even, not prime.

Apr 15th, 2005, 6:22 PM	#2
bl00dninja Programming Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: namespace std Posts: 1,246 Rep Power: 5	you might want to examine your algorithm...it looks like it screens for even numbers, not prime numbers. i don't really know anything about python, but the error sounds like it's accepting num as a string value rather than an integer value. i don't know if you need to use another function, or explicitly convert the data type, or if i'm just plain wrong. but no, anything % 2 that equals 0 is even, not prime. __________________ i put on my robe and wizard hat... Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?...Morons. Last edited by bl00dninja; Apr 15th, 2005 at 6:25 PM.