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Multiplication error in python

Gary Herron gherron at digipen.edu
Tue Sep 27 13:41:02 EDT 2011 
On 09/27/2011 10:21 AM, sakthi wrote:
> In the following code,
>>>> l=[1,2,3,4,5]
>>>> i=0
>>>> for a in l:
> ...     p=2*a
> ...     t=p+i
> ...     i=t
> ...
>>>> t
> 45
>
> Python gives an answer as 45. But i am getting 30 when i execute
> manually. Is there any different multiplication pattern in python?
> Thank yu.

I think it's most likely you've made an error here.  Running your exact 
lines in Python gives the expected result:
 >>> l=[1,2,3,4,5]
 >>> i=0
 >>> for a in l:
   ...   p=2*a
   ...   t=p+i
   ...   i=t
   ...
 >>> t
   30

Please try again.  If you can reproduce the incorrect result -- then we 
have a real bug.  However, the chance of that is really really tiny.

Gary Herron






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