Operator precedence problem

[Gary Herron]

On 06/04/2016 11:53 PM, ICT Ezy wrote:
>>>> 2 ** 3 ** 2
> Answer is 512
> Why not 64?
> Order is right-left or left-right?

Evidently right to left, but you already figured that out.

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 >>> 2 ** 3 ** 2
512
 >>> 2 ** (3 ** 2)
512
 >>> (2 ** 3) ** 2
64
 >>>


Here's the relevant documentation page:
     https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html
Look for "... except for exponentiation, which groups from right to left"

Gary Herron

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