gistfile1.txt

#This was written directly into git. No testing;

equation=raw_input("What is your equation (please use x as a variable): ")
lookfor=raw_input("Factor Number (leave blank for 0): ")
for x in range(1000):
    equation=equation.replace("^","**")
    answer=eval(equation)
    if answer==lookfor:
        print "The answer was %s" % x