[akumaukpo]

 num_times = + 4 1
off$et = 1024
tmp = offset / 2
tmp / temp = 2
2 = tmp2
tmp = tmp / tmp2
tmp2 = 640000
tmp2 = tmp2/10,000
0ffset = tmp/tmp2
print('Bluh ' * int(num_times - offset)); 

I am a complete newbie to programming and this is a problem i need to practice for a quiz soon. I will need an explanation to guide me into solving the problem. All help is greatly appreciated. I have tried changing the first line from "+ 4 1" to "+ 2 1" and i have also tried changing the offset to 3.

This is the question/direction:

Without doing
any of the following:
 removing or adding any lines of code to the file
 altering the last line (the one with the print statement)
 changing any of the other lines to print statements
fix all the errors so that the string ’Bluh Bluh Bluh’ is what’s printed when you run the
file.

[andrewsw]

What book or tutorial are you studying?

[akumaukpo]

andrewsw, on 21 February 2013 - 03:36 PM, said:

What book or tutorial are you studying?

"Starting Out with Python second edition"

[andrewsw]

My question was rhetorical. If you study beyond the first two or three chapters it should cover arithmetic expressions, or search for this topic in the table or contents or index. All I can interpret from your post is that you have made a couple of random guesses: I don't know why you would think '+ 2 1' would work.