kinuthiA muchanE wrote: > > (28, '035714286') > (38, '026315789') > (81, '012345679') > > For 28, the digit, in the fractional part, after 8 is 5, so 5 is > repeated and as for, 81 the next digit after 7 is 0, so again 0 occurs > twice. But for 38, the next digit after 9 is 4, and because it has NOT > occurred before, I assume 38 is the correct answer... and I am wrong! >
Ah, sorry -- I didn't parse this properly the first time through. You should also be aware of the limitations of representing a decimal fractions as a float. I'll defer to the docs, instead of trying (and failing) to explain this myself: http://docs.python.org/tut/node16.html Also, have a look in the standard library, there was a module added in 2.4 which will provide additional assistance. HTH, Marty _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
