"Dick Moores" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > n = 10000000000
You start with n as a long. > print type(n) > while True: > if type(n) == long: > n -= 1000000 A long minus an int gives a long: >>> n = long(42) >>> n 42L >>> n - 3 39L So n never changes into an int even though it is within the range of an int. HTH, Alan G _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
