Re: Modulus zero error

Your looking at the wrong line (or being pointed at th wrong one?). The error is in this line:

while ($x % $p[$i] !=0)
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Re^2: Modulus zero error by Anonymous Monk on Dec 24, 2004 at 05:19 UTC
Yeah... I didn't really understand the line number - it said "line 25, <> line 3." (line 25 is the if statement) And when I truncate line 25, the error stops happening - i don't see how that line can affect the while part, since it's not changing anything..	[reply]
Re^3: Modulus zero error by sasikumar (Monk) on Dec 24, 2004 at 05:46 UTC
Cool The answer is perl has built a hash table in your while statement but when it comes to if it see's $p.. which is a new variable accordint to perl.. So there comes the problem. This is why it states the error in a wrong place Note: Use Strict and warnings Update: OOps sorry i mis understood the problem. Ok The problem lies in this line `if (($n < $p[$i]) && ($x > $p[-1])) # error here` [download] just remove the previous code and use this u will not see the warning. `if (($n < $p[$i]))` [download] This is becasue the lt operator should work by finding the modulus and then determine the solution.(I am not sure with that but for this error i hope this could be the reason. i will update on you again after 15 minutes Sorry i was not able to find it out.... Thanks Sasi Kumar	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Modulus zero error by Anonymous Monk on Dec 24, 2004 at 06:29 UTC
Eek... I don't understand, got lost at "built a hash table in your while statement" :( (I'm new to perl and programming in general, don't really know all that much about it yet...) I just want to know why `if (($n < $p[$i]) & ($x > 2))` gives me errors and `if (($n < $p[$i]) & ($x))` doesn't I tried use strict, warnings, didn't tell me anything different	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Modulus zero error by maa (Pilgrim) on Dec 24, 2004 at 07:52 UTC
Re^6: Modulus zero error by Anonymous Monk on Dec 24, 2004 at 08:31 UTC
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Re^4: Modulus zero error by ysth (Canon) on Dec 24, 2004 at 05:50 UTC
I didn't understand that at all; could you try to say it again?	[reply]