Newbie: req for a bit of tutorial type help.
Thomas A. Bryan
tbryan at python.net
Sun Mar 12 05:11:06 EST 2000
Aesop wrote:
> What i need is something that will perform divisions of the
> prospective prime number, and report whether there is any "remainder". I.E
> the modulus operator of C.
Python's not like C. Just fire up the interpreter and *try* it. :)
>>> 15 % 2
1
>>> 15 % 4
3
>>> 15 % 3
0
So for x and y where type(x) and type(y) are <type 'int'> and
where y is nonzero,
( y * ( x / y ) + x % y ) == x
always returns true.
---Tom
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