Thanks, thats a lot clearer. > a = the number of times i'm going to read input to evaluate > lst = the factors of 5. I.e. (5, 5^2, 5^3, 5^4.... etc) until the > last one > wich is smaller then 1000000000
OK, I had assumed it was a list of sample factorial results. Not reading it carefully enough. But a comment would have been good since its not self evident. > Example input of this program: > 5 #number of times i'm going to read > in a So a could be called iterations maybe? > number > 3 # 3! = 6, no trailing 0's zo the > output and b could be called factorial_number or similar? > would be 0 > 5 # 5! = 120, 1 trailing 0's so the > output > would be 1 > 50! #50!= <very big number>, 12 > trailing 0's > (50/5 + 50/25=12) > 100! #100!= <very big number>, 24 > trailing 0's > (100/5 + 100/25 = 24) > 125! #125!= <very big number>, 31 > trailing 0's > (125/5 + 125/25 +125/125 = 31) > > Output would be: > 0 > 1 > 12 > 24 > 31 > > Hope this clarifies what i'm trying to achieve here... Yes, thats very clear now. I'll go back to the original post and reread the code. Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
