RosettaCodeData/Task/Babbage-problem/Python/babbage-problem-1.py

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# Lines that start by # are a comments:
# they will be ignored by the machine
n=0 # n is a variable and its value is 0
# we will increase its value by one until
# its square ends in 269,696
while n**2 % 1000000 != 269696:
# n**2 -> n squared
# % -> 'modulo' or remainder after division
# != -> not equal to
n += 1 # += -> increase by a certain number
print(n) # prints n