Re: [Tutor] help finding recurring cycle

2008-12-23 Thread col speed
Thank you, thank you thank you! I'm now well on my way to solving my 35th problem!! The wiki is fantastic, I thought "of course - I should have known that!" It's easy when you know how. Thanks again, especially for the prompt replies 2008/12/24 bob gailer > Kent Johnson wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 2

Re: [Tutor] help finding recurring cycle

2008-12-23 Thread bob gailer
Kent Johnson wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 8:20 PM, col speed wrote: I've written a "division" function that gives more decimal places than the one already in python. What my poor old brain can't work out is how to find a "recurring cycle" which isn't disastrously complicated (as the cycle

Re: [Tutor] help finding recurring cycle

2008-12-23 Thread Kent Johnson
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 8:20 PM, col speed wrote: > I've written a "division" function that gives more decimal places than the > one already in python. What my poor old brain can't work out is how to find > a "recurring cycle" which isn't disastrously complicated (as the cycle > doesn't always in

[Tutor] help finding recurring cycle

2008-12-23 Thread col speed
Hello there, I am learning python as a hobby in my spare time. I enjoy doing "project euler", not that I am any good at maths, but it gives me problems to solve in python! Please Note: I do not expect (or want) you to give me the solution, if you could just point me in the right direction - that wo