[Tutor] To find the least number divisible by all numbers from 1-20

[Alan Gauld]

On 13/08/13 18:19, Alan Gauld wrote:
> On 13/08/13 17:45, #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN# wrote:
>
>> def check(num):
>>    lis=[20,19,18,17,16,14,13,11]  #because a no. divisible by 20 is
>>    for i in lis:
>>      if num%i==0:
>>        continue
>>      else:
>>        return False
>>        break
>>
>>    return True
>
> This is a bit convoluted. All you need is
>
>      for i in lis:
>        if num%i != 0:
>          return False
>        return True

Oops, that last return should be outside the loop, sorry...

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