... for x in range(2, n):
... if n % x == 0:
... print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x
... break
... else:
... # loop fell through without finding a factor
... print n, 'is a prime number'
...
2 is a prime number
3 is a prime number
4 equals 2 * 2
5 is a prime number
6 equals 2 * 3
7 is a prime number
8 equals 2 * 4
9 equals 3 * 3
Excerpts from Gergely Kontra's mail of 19 Sep 2005 (CDT):
Is there a similar construct to python's:
>>> for n in range(2, 10):
... for x in range(2, n):
... if n % x == 0:
... print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x
... break
... else:
... # loop fell through without finding a factor
... print n, 'is a prime number'
...
I don't think there's a direct idiom. I'd write this in Ruby as:
(2...10).each do |n|
fac = (2...n).find { |x| n % x == 0 }
if fac
puts "#{n} equals #{fac} * #{n / fac}"
else
puts "#{n} is a prime number"
end
end
... for x in range(2, n):
... if n % x == 0:
... print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x
... break
... else:
... # loop fell through without finding a factor
... print n, 'is a prime number'
...
2 is a prime number
3 is a prime number
4 equals 2 * 2
5 is a prime number
6 equals 2 * 3
7 is a prime number
8 equals 2 * 4
9 equals 3 * 3
Directly, yes; though hardly anybody writes code this way (at least I've never seen anybody write something like this, like how I'm about to give it to you). I'd see William Morgan's message for a better suggestion.
for n in (2..10) do
for x in (2..n) do
if n % x == 0
puts "#{n} equals #{x} * #{n/x}"
break
else
puts "#{n} is a prime number"
end
end
end
···
On 19-Sep-05, at 7:15 PM, Gergely Kontra wrote:
Gergo
--
Jeremy Tregunna
jtregunna@blurgle.ca
"If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in." --Dykstra
harp:~ > cat a.rb
(2 ... 10).each do |n|
x = catch('x'){(2 ... n).each{|x| throw 'x', x if n % x == 0}; nil}
if x
puts "#{ n } = #{ n } * #{ x }/#{ n }"
else
puts "#{ n } is prime"
end
end
harp:~ > ruby a.rb
2 is prime
3 is prime
4 = 4 * 2/4
5 is prime
6 = 6 * 2/6
7 is prime
8 = 8 * 2/8
9 = 9 * 3/9
cheers.
-a
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Gergely Kontra wrote:
Hi!
Is there a similar construct to python's:
for n in range(2, 10):
... for x in range(2, n):
... if n % x == 0:
... print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x
... break
... else:
... # loop fell through without finding a factor
... print n, 'is a prime number'
...
2 is a prime number
3 is a prime number
4 equals 2 * 2
5 is a prime number
6 equals 2 * 3
7 is a prime number
8 equals 2 * 4
9 equals 3 * 3
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(2...10).each do |n|
unless (2...n).any? do |x|
if n % x == 0
puts "#{n} equals #{x} * #{n/x}"
true
end #else nil
end
puts "#{n} is a prime number"
end
end
But, really, I'd rather write it like William Morgan did.
Devin
Gergely Kontra wrote:
···
Hi!
Is there a similar construct to python's:
for n in range(2, 10):
... for x in range(2, n):
... if n % x == 0:
... print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x
... break
... else:
... # loop fell through without finding a factor
... print n, 'is a prime number'
... 2 is a prime number
3 is a prime number
4 equals 2 * 2
5 is a prime number
6 equals 2 * 3
7 is a prime number
8 equals 2 * 4
9 equals 3 * 3
>>> for n in range(2, 10):
... for x in range(2, n):
... if n % x == 0:
... print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x
... break
... else:
... # loop fell through without finding a factor
... print n, 'is a prime number'
...
2 is a prime number
3 is a prime number
4 equals 2 * 2
5 is a prime number
6 equals 2 * 3
7 is a prime number
8 equals 2 * 4
9 equals 3 * 3
Almost identical, but not necessarily the Ruby way:
for n in 2 ... 10
for x in 2 ... n
if n % x == 0
puts "#{n} equals #{x} * #{n/x}"
break
end
end and puts "#{n} is a prime number"
end
Meh, I think the Python version is much clearer. Each to his own, I guess.
···
On 9/19/05, William Morgan <wmorgan-ruby-talk@masanjin.net> wrote:
Excerpts from Gergely Kontra's mail of 19 Sep 2005 (CDT):
> Is there a similar construct to python's:
>
> >>> for n in range(2, 10):
> ... for x in range(2, n):
> ... if n % x == 0:
> ... print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x
> ... break
> ... else:
> ... # loop fell through without finding a factor
> ... print n, 'is a prime number'
> ...
I don't think there's a direct idiom. I'd write this in Ruby as:
(2...10).each do |n|
fac = (2...n).find { |x| n % x == 0 }
if fac
puts "#{n} equals #{fac} * #{n / fac}"
else
puts "#{n} is a prime number"
end
end
... for x in range(2, n):
... if n % x == 0:
... print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x
... break
... else:
... # loop fell through without finding a factor
... print n, 'is a prime number'
...
2 is a prime number
3 is a prime number
4 equals 2 * 2
5 is a prime number
6 equals 2 * 3
7 is a prime number
8 equals 2 * 4
9 equals 3 * 3
Directly, yes; though hardly anybody writes code this way (at least I've never seen anybody write something like this, like how I'm about to give it to you). I'd see William Morgan's message for a better suggestion.
for n in (2..10) do
for x in (2..n) do
You'd want the ... range operator, so as to exclude the upper limit.
if n % x == 0
puts "#{n} equals #{x} * #{n/x}"
break
else
puts "#{n} is a prime number"
end
end
end
Have you run it? It doesn't work the same way; it prints
"...prime number" for *every* time a match isn't found, until a match
is found. So, for example, you get:
7 is a prime number # printed 5 times (2,3,4,5,6)
8 equals 2 * 4
9 is a prime number
9 equals 3 * 3
Excerpts from Gergely Kontra's mail of 19 Sep 2005 (CDT):
Is there a similar construct to python's:
for n in range(2, 10):
... for x in range(2, n):
... if n % x == 0:
... print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x
... break
... else:
... # loop fell through without finding a factor
... print n, 'is a prime number'
...
I don't think there's a direct idiom. I'd write this in Ruby as:
(2...10).each do |n|
fac = (2...n).find { |x| n % x == 0 }
if fac
puts "#{n} equals #{fac} * #{n / fac}"
else
puts "#{n} is a prime number"
end
end
This is much clearer IMO.
Yeah, this isn't any clearer, but here's one that demonstrates the possibilities in tying iterators and conditionals together. It works because `break' causes the iterator to return nil.
for n in 2...10
puts "#{ n } is a prime number" if
for x in 2...n
if n % x == 0
puts "#{ n } equals #{ x }*#{ n/x }"
break
end
end
end
> Hi!
>
> Is there a similar construct to python's:
>
>>>> for n in range(2, 10):
> ... for x in range(2, n):
> ... if n % x == 0:
> ... print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x
> ... break
> ... else:
> ... # loop fell through without finding a factor
> ... print n, 'is a prime number'
> ...
> 2 is a prime number
> 3 is a prime number
> 4 equals 2 * 2
> 5 is a prime number
> 6 equals 2 * 3
> 7 is a prime number
> 8 equals 2 * 4
> 9 equals 3 * 3
Directly, yes; though hardly anybody writes code this way (at least
I've never seen anybody write something like this, like how I'm about
to give it to you). I'd see William Morgan's message for a better
suggestion.
# I hate for loops
2.upto(10) do |n| # was => for n in (2..10) do
2.upto(n) do |x| # was => for x in (2..n) do
if n % x == 0
puts "#{n} equals #{x} * #{n/x}"
break
else
puts "#{n} is a prime number"
end
end
end
Though, I think this is broken... check the output.
> Gergo
--
Jeremy Tregunna
jtregunna@blurgle.ca
"If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be
the process of putting them in." --Dykstra
I still think lists are the nicest way to go about this. It could be
much improved but this is shorter:
(2..10).select {|n| (2..n).select {|x| n % x == 0 and n != x }.empty? }
Brian,
···
On 9/19/05, Jeremy Tregunna <jtregunna@blurgle.ca> wrote:
Excerpts from Gergely Kontra's mail of 19 Sep 2005 (CDT):
Is there a similar construct to python's:
for n in range(2, 10):
... for x in range(2, n):
... if n % x == 0:
... print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x
... break
... else:
... # loop fell through without finding a factor
... print n, 'is a prime number'
...
I don't think there's a direct idiom. I'd write this in Ruby as:
(2...10).each do |n|
fac = (2...n).find { |x| n % x == 0 }
if fac
puts "#{n} equals #{fac} * #{n / fac}"
else
puts "#{n} is a prime number"
end
end
This is much clearer IMO.
Yeah, this isn't any clearer, but here's one that demonstrates the possibilities in tying iterators and conditionals together. It works because `break' causes the iterator to return nil.
for n in 2...10
puts "#{ n } is a prime number" if
for x in 2...n
if n % x == 0
puts "#{ n } equals #{ x }*#{ n/x }"
break
end
end
end
I know I'm wandering into the golf realm, rather than the clarity
realm, but just for fun:
for n in 2...10
puts "#{ n } is a prime number" if
for x in 2...n
break puts("#{ n } equals #{ x }*#{ n/x }") if n % x == 0
end
end
This is annoying - builtin loops and "loop" returns nil whereas
many of the object method loops (for..in is just the each
method) return the object. Using a builtin loop, you can do
something like this to get something much closer to python's
while/else (becomes while/or in ruby):
(2...10).each do |n|
x = 2
while x<n
if n % x == 0
puts "#{ n } equals #{ x }*#{ n/x }"
break(x)
end
x += 1
end or
puts "#{ n } is a prime number"
end
I think that's the closest your going to get to python's
while/else. You have the use the opposite polarity for the for
loop as why demonstrated. One of my RCR's is about this
inconsistency. I think all of the loop methods should return
nil by default (with break(ret) causing it to return something
else).
···
--- why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@whytheluckystiff.net> wrote:
William Morgan wrote:
>Excerpts from Gergely Kontra's mail of 19 Sep 2005 (CDT):
>
>
>>Is there a similar construct to python's:
>>
>>
>>
>>>>>for n in range(2, 10):
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>... for x in range(2, n):
>>... if n % x == 0:
>>... print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x
>>... break
>>... else:
>>... # loop fell through without finding a factor
>>... print n, 'is a prime number'
>>...
>>
>>
>
>I don't think there's a direct idiom. I'd write this in Ruby
as:
>
>(2...10).each do |n|
> fac = (2...n).find { |x| n % x == 0 }
> if fac
> puts "#{n} equals #{fac} * #{n / fac}"
> else
> puts "#{n} is a prime number"
> end
>end
>
>This is much clearer IMO.
>
Yeah, this isn't any clearer, but here's one that
demonstrates the
possibilities in tying iterators and conditionals together.
It works
because `break' causes the iterator to return nil.
for n in 2...10
puts "#{ n } is a prime number" if
for x in 2...n
if n % x == 0
puts "#{ n } equals #{ x }*#{ n/x }"
break
end
end
end
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On 9/19/05, Jeremy Tregunna <jtregunna@blurgle.ca> wrote:
>
> On 19-Sep-05, at 7:15 PM, Gergely Kontra wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > Is there a similar construct to python's:
> >
> >>>> for n in range(2, 10):
> > ... for x in range(2, n):
> > ... if n % x == 0:
> > ... print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x
> > ... break
> > ... else:
> > ... # loop fell through without finding a factor
> > ... print n, 'is a prime number'
> > ...
> > 2 is a prime number
> > 3 is a prime number
> > 4 equals 2 * 2
> > 5 is a prime number
> > 6 equals 2 * 3
> > 7 is a prime number
> > 8 equals 2 * 4
> > 9 equals 3 * 3
>
> Directly, yes; though hardly anybody writes code this way (at least
> I've never seen anybody write something like this, like how I'm about
> to give it to you). I'd see William Morgan's message for a better
> suggestion.
>
# I hate for loops
2.upto(10) do |n| # was => for n in (2..10) do
2.upto(n) do |x| # was => for x in (2..n) do
> if n % x == 0
> puts "#{n} equals #{x} * #{n/x}"
> break
> else
> puts "#{n} is a prime number"
> end
> end
> end
>
Though, I think this is broken... check the output.
> > Gergo
>
> --
> Jeremy Tregunna
> jtregunna@blurgle.ca
>
> "If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be
> the process of putting them in." --Dykstra
>
I still think lists are the nicest way to go about this. It could be
much improved but this is shorter:
(2..10).select {|n| (2..n).select {|x| n % x == 0 and n != x }.empty? }
I agree that the Python construct is clearer...
*if* you're familiar with the for...else construct.
There are occasions where this construct is very useful,
but it seems to be a slight contradiction to Python's motto of
"There should be one -- and preferably only one -- obvious way
to do it."
Tim Hammerquist
···
Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@gmail.com> wrote:
William Morgan <wmorgan-ruby-talk@masanjin.net> wrote:
> Excerpts from Gergely Kontra's mail of 19 Sep 2005 (CDT):
> > >>> for n in range(2, 10):
> > ... for x in range(2, n):
> > ... if n % x == 0:
> > ... print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x
> > ... break
> > ... else:
> > ... # loop fell through without finding a factor
> > ... print n, 'is a prime number'
>
> I don't think there's a direct idiom. I'd write this in Ruby
> as:
>
> (2...10).each do |n|
> fac = (2...n).find { |x| n % x == 0 }
> if fac
> puts "#{n} equals #{fac} * #{n / fac}"
> else
> puts "#{n} is a prime number"
> end
> end
>
> This is much clearer IMO.
Meh, I think the Python version is much clearer. Each to his
own, I guess.
On 9/19/05, Eric Mahurin <eric_mahurin@yahoo.com> wrote:
I think that's the closest your going to get to python's
while/else. You have the use the opposite polarity for the for
loop as why demonstrated. One of my RCR's is about this
inconsistency. I think all of the loop methods should return
nil by default (with break(ret) causing it to return something
else).
Yeah. I just thought I would post it. Mostly equivalent to what he was
doing but quite different in what tools were used. Yours is much more
elegant either way.
If I was serious about the prime numbers I would have built a
quadratic sieve of some sort. I also hate for-loops (in most cases).
Brian.
···
On 9/20/05, Pit Capitain <pit@capitain.de> wrote:
William James schrieb:
> ...
> (2...50).select{|n|(2..Math.sqrt(n).to_i).select{|x|n % x == 0}.empty?}
> -->
> [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47]
Should be a little bit more efficient:
(2...50).reject{|n|(2..Math.sqrt(n)).find{|x|n % x == 0}}
(2...50).reject{|n|(2..Math.sqrt(n)).find{|x|n % x == 0}}
It's not what the OP wanted, though.
include Math
primes = (2...10).map{|n|(2..sqrt(n)).find{|x|n % x == 0}}
primes.each_with_index do |x,n|
n += 2
if x then puts "#{n} equals #{x} * #{n/x}"
else puts "#{n} is a prime number" end
end
__END__
It is now.
Or, for readability's sake:
include Math
primes = (2...10).map{|n|[n,(2..sqrt(n)).find{|x|n % x == 0}]}
primes.each do |n,x|
if x then puts "#{n} equals #{x} * #{n/x}"
else puts "#{n} is a prime number" end
end
__END__
So, no, there may not be an exact equivalent to for/else, but as with interface definitions in Python/Ruby, you generally find that the need isn't there like it is in the other language. In Java, types are staticly declared, and mixins are nonexistent, making interfaces very important. In Python, there's a difference between statements and expressions (IIUC), making special iterator constructs like for/else important. IOW, it shouldn't be considered a fault of Ruby's that it doesn't include that construct -- it doesn't need it.
It doesn't work the same way; it prints