% operation

[Daewon YOON]

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Python 1.5.2 (#1, Jul 5 2001, 03:02:19) [GCC 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat
Linux 7.1 2 on linux-i386
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam.... z%9
File "<stdin>", line 2
z%9
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

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What's wrong with the above operation and how can I get the correct
modulo result with Python?

 

[Christopher Koppler]

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Python 1.5.2 (#1, Jul 5 2001, 03:02:19) [GCC 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat
Linux 7.1 2 on linux-i386
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam... z%9
File "<stdin>", line 2
z%9
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

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What's wrong with the above operation and how can I get the correct
modulo result with Python?

There's nothing wrong with the operation, but it looks like you forgot to
indent your loop body (which the interactive shell doesn't automagically
do for you):
.... z%9
....

[result snipped]

 

[Rick Holbert]

It also looks like you are using an old version of Python running on an old
version of Linux. Time to upgrade?

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Python 1.5.2 (#1, Jul 5 2001, 03:02:19) [GCC 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat
Linux 7.1 2 on linux-i386
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam

x=9
y=4
x%y 1
for z in range(44):

... z%9
File "<stdin>", line 2
z%9
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

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What's wrong with the above operation and how can I get the correct
modulo result with Python?

There's nothing wrong with the operation, but it looks like you forgot to
indent your loop body (which the interactive shell doesn't automagically
do for you):
... z%9
...

[result snipped]