Ivan Ivanivich wrote:
> hi all, i have simple programming task:
>
> [quot]
> If we list all the natural numbers below 10 that are multiples of 3 or 5,
> we get 3, 5, 6 and 9. The sum of these multiples is 23.
>
> Find the sum of all the multiples of 3 or 5 below 1000.
> [/quote]
>
> this task from http://projecteuler.net/ site
>
> I wrote a solution in python
>
> http://pastebin.com/QXtNuRWU
[for small scripts it is fine to include them directly in your post]
> #!/usr/bin/env python3.2
>
> total = 0
> for divider in 3, 5:
> basis=divider
> while basis < 1000:
> mod = basis % divider
> if mod == 0:
> total = total + basis
> print("total = ", total, "basis = ", basis)
>
> basis += 1
>
> print("total", total)
> this script returned correctly result if "basis < 10", but if "basis <
> 1000" result is 266333 and it is not correctly answer on site
> http://projecteuler.net
>
> it is my script problem or site not working correctly?
Your script. Try it for the numbers below 20, say, and then compare to a
result you calculated with pen and paper.
Or look closely at the output produced by the line
> print("total = ", total, "basis = ", basis)
in your code.
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