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#48528: 17 / 10 produces 1.7 not 1 (an integer). Int division would be 17 // 10 and produce a one. Perhaps the text is not current with now state ...more...
 P4.0
15-Jan-12
19

#47879: <code:bold> tags visible--Jessen Havill

 P4.0
31-Oct-11
75
#47819: In the v4.0 PDF and mobi version, the first example after the first paragraph in section 5.4 appears like this: for <code:bold>variable</co...more...
 P4.0
26-Oct-11
204

#48007: In the first if statement you have:

else:
min2, min1 = 1,0

That should be

else:
min2, min1 = 0,1--Susan Rodger

 P1.0
22-Nov-11