get number that is raised to the power of

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

On Fri, 02 May 2008 19:19:07 +1000, Astan Chee wrote:

> Hi,
> Im not sure if this is more of a math question or a python question. I 
> have a variable in python:
>  >>> v = 10.0**n
> is there a way to find the value of n if i know only v aside from 
> str(v).split('+')[1] ? that seems like too much of a hack and I was 
> wondering if there was a faster way of doing it?

That hack isn't even working properly because ``str(10.0**1)`` has no '+'
in its string representation.

Solution:

n = math.log(v, 10)

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch