I am on lecture 2 (6.00) and using Python 3x. I am having problem with the following code. I type the same thing as the lecture but apparently i got the printout as y instead of 9. can anyone explain? y=0
x=3
itersLeft=x
while (itersLeft0):
y=y+x
itersLeft=itersLeft - 1
print ('y')

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I am on lecture 2 (6.00) and using Python 3x. I am having problem with the following code. I type the same thing as the lecture but apparently i got the printout as y instead of 9. can anyone explain? y=0
x=3
itersLeft=x
while (itersLeft>0):
    y=y+x
    itersLeft=itersLeft - 1
print ('y')

anonymous · Answer

The y in your call to print should not be in quotes unless you literally want to print the string 'y'.

anonymous · Answer

somewhere in the course instructions they said NOT to use Python 3.x because it is not backwards compatible and some of the example code won't work

anonymous · Answer

Yes, that's true, However, nearly everything will work except print, so if you're fine with making the necessary adjustments you can get away with using 3 if you really want to.

anonymous · Answer

I submit ... and your original answer solved the problem