Can IDLE do this?

Question

I have attached a link to my code. This always comes up as No Output, Time Limit Exceeded or (very rarely) the answer.
Is my program wrong or is it just Sololearn?
https://code.sololearn.com/cG2XlpbDzwM2/?ref=app

Answer 1

@Pegasus the higher the passes, there is more chances of timeout. Tried more scenarios of timeout.

Answer 2

Works for me. Entered 30. Retrieve in 13 passes.

Answer 3

It works with no problem.
Sometimes the sololearn server is busy.
In this case you get a timout even your prog is ok.

Answer 4

Timeout has to do with the code taking like maybe 5 seconds or smthing like that to run

Answer 5

Ues but even if one case fails, it means the whole thing is wrong

Answer 6

thats it!
working examples are necessary conditions for a correct algorithm.
one not working example is a sufficient condition for a not working algorithm.

Answer 7

Even if it takes an infinite amount of time to do so, IDLE WILL do it.
But this also shows your algorithm is pretty inefficient.

Answer 8

@Apoorva try 715

Answer 9

@Max somethings going wrong..,
try this with 499 and you will see
https://code.sololearn.com/cvKK2oH6s4oq/?ref=app

Answer 10

715 is a magical number. A good test case.
Both failed.
Binary search is quite inefficient

Answer 11

A nice case of:
even if many examples work, it is not a proof that the Algorithm is correct.

Answer 12

@Max see comments in my code. Might be the solution

Answer 13

@Max indeed!
The operator // returns an integer

Answer 14

Ok.

Answer 15

Oh ok thanks.

Answer 16

Ok will change it. Thanks for feedback. :)

Answer 17

Fixed it.