python script to give a list of prime no.

[Sathvik Babu Veligatla]

On Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 6:09:04 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 10:26 PM Sathvik Babu Veligatla
> <sathvikveligatla at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > hi,
> > I am new to python, and i am trying to output the prime numbers beginning from 3 and i cannot get the required output.
> > It stops after giving the output "7" and that's it.
> >
> > CODE:
> > a = 3
> > l = []
> > while True:
> >     for i in range(2,a):
> >         if a%i == 0:
> >             l.append(1)
> >         else:
> >             l.append(0)
> >
> >     if l.count(1) == 0:
> >         print(a)
> >         a = a + 2
> >     elif l.count(1) >> 0:
> >         a = a + 2
> >
> >
> 
> Firstly, good job on several points: you posted your code, you said
> what the purpose is, and you said how the output differs from that.
> Unfortunately not everyone does that :)
> 
> Secondly, though: What does "some_number >> 0" mean? Play around with
> that in the interactive interpreter and see what results you get.
> 
> You may want to consider using a simple 'else'. When you have exactly
> two possibilities, you don't need to say "else, if". For instance,
> suppose you say "If today is a weekday, go to work; otherwise, play
> games", you don't need to word it as "otherwise, if today is a
> weekend, play games" - you just say "otherwise". You can simplify this
> code the same way.
> 
> Something worth remembering is that all code can be buggy, so writing
> less code usually means you have less bugs. Try to write your program
> with less code rather than more. :)
> 
> All the best!
> 
> ChrisA

yeah bro, tried as said. But still no luck... :-(
i cannot understand the issue in the code.