Hi, just a recommendation: try not to assume a bug beforehand, that's a quick way to get flames or just get plain ignored, especially in a list for beginners.
> The * is being given equal priority to %. > > Why isn't % given higher priority than *? Why should it? Doesn't it make sense that as '/' and * have the same precedence, '%' should have the same? Check the precedence for python operators here: http://www.byteofpython.info/read/operator-precedence.html http://docs.python.org/ref/summary.html Check the precedence for C operators here: http://publications.gbdirect.co.uk/c_book/chapter2/expressions_and_arithmetic.html So everything alright, also, left to right, as expected. > Also, why am I getting a syntax error in the following? > To get more informative messages, save all those statements to a file, and then try and run the file. It is extremely easy to mess up indentantion and make mistakes in the interactive prompt. Aslo you'll be getting information about the line number and such. Hugo _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor