{"id":14181,"date":"2022-10-06T20:08:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T14:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-python-divisibility-and-count-closed\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T20:08:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T14:38:37","slug":"solved-python-divisibility-and-count-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-python-divisibility-and-count-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Python &#8212; divisibility and count [closed]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-21691182\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"21691182\" data-parentid=\"21689945\" data-score=\"1\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Do you mean something along these lines?<\/p>\n<pre><code>def count(n):\n    occurrences = 0\n    for i in range(n, 0, -1):  # i -&gt; n, n-1, n-2, ... 3, 2, 1\n        occurrences += i\/\/2    # add whole number of 2's in this value of i\n    return occurrences\n\nprint(count(10))  # 25\nprint(count(9))   # 20\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>If what that does is correct, it can be optimized and shorted to just:<\/p>\n<pre><code>def count(n):\n    return sum(i\/\/2 for i in range(n, 0, -1))\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Which applies the built-in<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/docs.python.org\/3\/library\/functions.html?highlight=sum#sum\"><code>sum()<\/code><\/a>function to a<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/docs.python.org\/3\/reference\/expressions.html?highlight=expression#generator-expressions\"><code>generator expression<\/code><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The<code>range(n, 0, -1)<\/code>is an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/docs.python.org\/3\/howto\/functional.html?highlight=iterator#iterators\">iterator<\/a> that produces all the numbers from<code>n<\/code>to<code>1<\/code>backwards &#8212; which I used since that&#8217;s how you described what you wanted. 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