Another stupid newbie question

[Ravi Teja]

Benjamin Niemann wrote:
> Byte wrote:
>
> > How can I make the following code:
> >
> > from random import random
> >
> >
> >
> > def stuff(a, mx):
> >     x = 2
> >     while x == 2:
> >         x = random()
> >         if x == mx: print x
> >         else: print 'No luck,', x
> >         x = 2
> >
> > Stop when x == mx?
>
> What's the intention behind setting x = 2 at all?
>
> def stuff(a, mx):
>     while True:
>         x = random()
>         if x == mx: print x
>         else: print 'No luck,', x
>
> Should do the same as you're code above.
>
> If stuff will never be called with mx=None, I would suggest using
>
> def stuff(a, mx):
>     x = None
>     while x != mx:
>         x = random()
>         if x == mx: print x
>         else: print 'No luck,', x
>
> Also note that random() returns a float and it is *very* unlikely that the
> condition x == mx will ever come true

Right! And as for stopping use 'return' after your print statement to
exit.