while loop isn't working

Question

I have a quick question. I have the following code...

def abc(c):
 a = 1
 my = set()
 while a <= c:
 b = randrange(1, 365)
 my.add(b)
 a = a + 1
 print(my)

Now c is in my main function. c is a integer that the user is prompted for. For instance, if c = 10, then as long as a < 10 it will run the while loop and print out the set with 10 numbers randomly generated between 1 and 365. The only problem is that it's not printing out the set my correctly.

• Martijn Pieters: randint() includes the endpoint, so you get random values between 1 and 366. Use randrange() if you expect the end point not to be included.
• Martijn Pieters: Your local names do not match. my is not the same as mySet.
• user2908101: The answer was solved. I have to wait 12 minutes to accept it. Thanks guys
• user2908101: @MartijnPieters do you think you could help me with the 2nd problem?
• Martijn Pieters: You should not add new problems to an existing, answered question; I see you now added a new question; that's the right thing to do.

Answer 1

a = a+1 should be what you want.

Answer 2

a + 1 just increments the value of a, but does not store it anywhere. So, using a = a+1, will increment the value of a and update the value of a.

The second part: You are generating the random numbers and storing them in a set, and printing them at last. To print each and every element in the list, use:

for i in my:
 print i

This will print each value in the set

• user2908101: Hey, do you know how I could solve the second part to my problem @Aswin Murugesh