Created on 2010-10-10 06:41 by eswar.s, last changed 2010-10-10 19:23 by rhettinger. This issue is now closed.
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| msg118311 - (view) | Author: eswar s (eswar.s) | Date: 2010-10-10 06:41 | |
-5 ** 4 results as -625. It should be 625 |
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| msg118313 - (view) | Author: Senthil Kumaran (orsenthil) *  |
Date: 2010-10-10 06:49 | |
It's to do with operator precedence. ** takes higher precedence than negative. http://docs.python.org/reference/expressions.html#Summary (-5) ** 4 will give what you are looking for. |
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| msg118342 - (view) | Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) * |
Date: 2010-10-10 19:23 | |
Python's order of operations runs the exponentation before the unary minus. This convention makes the unary minus behave more like the subtraction operator so that: -x**n == 0 - x**n. This convention is somewhat common but there are exceptions such as MS Excel where the unary minus binds first. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations#Examples |
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2010-10-10 19:23:42 | rhettinger | set | nosy:
+ rhettinger messages: + msg118342 |
| 2010-10-10 06:49:33 | orsenthil | set | status: open -> closed nosy: + orsenthil messages: + msg118313 resolution: invalid stage: committed/rejected |
| 2010-10-10 06:41:19 | eswar.s | create | |