Re: % operation

From: Rick Holbert (holbertr_at_dma.org)
Date: 01/05/05 

Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 10:37:53 -0500

It also looks like you are using an old version of Python running on an old
version of Linux. Time to upgrade?

Christopher Koppler wrote:

> On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:36:30 +0900, Daewon YOON wrote:
>
>> ====
>> Python 1.5.2 (#1, Jul 5 2001, 03:02:19) [GCC 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat
>> Linux 7.1 2 on linux-i386
>> Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>> >>> x=9
>> >>> y=4
>> >>> x%y
>> 1
>> >>> for z in range(44):
>> ... z%9
>> File "<stdin>", line 2
>> z%9
>> ^
>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>
>> ====
>> What's wrong with the above operation and how can I get the correct
>> modulo result with Python?
>
> There's nothing wrong with the operation, but it looks like you forgot to
> indent your loop body (which the interactive shell doesn't automagically
> do for you):
>
>>>> for z in range(44):
> ... z%9
> ...
>
> [result snipped]
>