Good idea thanks! http://saltydogllc.com/a-foxpro-to-python-etude/
E On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 12:33 PM Matt Slay <[email protected]> wrote: > Eric - Blogpost this... > > BTW - Images did not come though on message board, at least not to me. > > > > *Matt Slay* > > > > On 01/22/2020 12:11 PM, Eric Selje wrote: > > Today in another trivia board I'm on, there was this math question: > > > > "Identify a multi-digit number such that when each digit is raised to the > > power of itself, and the result of each of those is added together you > get > > the original number." > > > > eg: 274 = (2 ^ 2) + (7 ^ 7) + (4 ^ 4) > > > > We were given the hint that it's 4 digits, which was helpful. I quickly > > wrote this FoxPro script to figure it out for me: > > > > [image: image.png] > > > > > > But then I thought, I should really figure out how to do this in Python > if > > I'm ever really going to learn. I've run through a few online tutorials, > > but I still had to google how to do for loops, how to convert integers > into > > strings and then parse that string, how exponentiation worked, even how > if > > statements work. Finally got it to this. > > [image: image.png] > > > > > > Just sharing this extremely simple example in case anyone's interested. > But > > glad I went through the exercise. > > > > Eric > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > > multipart/related > > multipart/alternative > > text/plain (text body -- kept) > > text/html > > image/png > > image/png > > --- > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/CAAwxvUkmuADecobSD2=fgq6g0h5fdcugjcoqskme4orceo5...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
