[Tutor] Need help adding a funcation

[Michael Hall]

Can anyone else help with this question?

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Dave Angel <d at davea.name> wrote:

> (You top-posted, so I'm deleting all the out-of-order stuff.  in these
> forums, you should put your response after whatever you quote.)
>
>
> On 12/01/2011 02:55 PM, Michael Hall wrote:
>
>> The OP has been taught but is still having an issue and all I am doing is
>> asking for help. Here is what I have so far
>>
>> # 1) a perfect number is a positive integer that is equal to the
>> # sum of its proper positive divisors,excluding the number itself.
>> # for example, 6 is a perfect number because it is evenly divisible
>> # by 1, 2 and 3 - all of it's divisors - and the sum 1 + 2 + 3 = 6.
>> # a) write a function, getDivisors(), that returns a list of all
>> # of the positive divisors of a given number. for example -
>> # result = getDivisors(24)
>> # print(result)
>> # would yield: "[ 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12]"
>>
>> def main():
>>     x = 1
>>
>>     num = int(input('Please Enter a Number: '))
>>     getDivisors(num)
>>
>
> You'll want to store the return value of getDivisors, since you have more
> work to do there.
>
>
>
>> def getDivisors(num):
>>     sum = 0
>>     x = 1
>>     #my_list[] = num
>>
>
> That's close.  To create an empty list, simply do
>        my_list = []
>
>
>     for num in range(1, num, 1):
>>
>>         if num % x == 0:
>>             print(num)
>>             sum += num
>>
> Why are you summing it?  That was in another function.  In this one,
> you're trying to build a list.  Any ideas how to do that at this point in
> the function?
>
>
>>     print('The sum is ', sum)
>>     if sum == num:
>>         print(num, 'is a perfect number')
>>     else:
>>         print(num, 'is not a perfect number')
>>
> None of these lines belong in your function.  All it's supposed to do is
> get the divisors, not to study them in any way.
>
>
>> main()
>>
>
>
>
> --
>
> DaveA
>
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