First day beginner to python, add to counter after nested loop

[jonas.thornvall at gmail.com]

Den tisdagen den 29:e oktober 2013 kl. 21:08:39 UTC+1 skrev jonas.t... at gmail.com:
> Den tisdagen den 29:e oktober 2013 kl. 20:24:57 UTC+1 skrev Dave Angel:
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> > On 29/10/2013 14:35, jonas.thornvall at gmail.com wrote:
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> > Please indent by 4 columns, not 1.  Since indentation is how scope is
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> > > i do not understand howto reach outer loop after finnish inner loop, in fact i do not understand when finished.
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> > The inner loop is finished whenever you stop indenting by 8 columns.  If
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> > q = 12
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> Why did Python not implement end... The end is really not necessary for the programming language it can be excluded, but it is a courtesy to the programmer and could easily be transformed to indents automaticly, that is removed before the compiliation/interpretation of code.  
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> Got the script working though :D, good start. It seem though that Python automaticly add linebreaks after printout. Is there a way to not have print command change line? Or must i build up a string/strings for later printout?
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> #!/usr/bin/python
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> import math
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>       print(x,"= ");
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>       while (number>3):
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>             square=math.pow(factor,exponent);
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>          print(factor,"^2");
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>          square=math.pow(factor,exponent);
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>          number=number-(factor*factor);
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>       print("+",number);
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>       return
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> print("Exp=x^2");
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> for x in range (21,22):
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>       sq(x);

They could had used print and prinln from basic? I do not want new line everytime i write out some terms. And i do not like it add extra space after each print of variable print(factor,"^2") writes out 12 ^2 and i do not think there is any space after the factor?