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Created on 2020-11-21 19:56 by JohnSmith11132, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.
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| msg381573 - (view) | Author: (JohnSmith11132) | Date: 2020-11-21 19:56 | |
Basically when squaring as a negative number, if it's a variable it acts like -3*-3 otherwise it acts like 3*-3. For example: >>> x = -3 >>> x ** 2 9 >>> -3 ** 2 -9 pow(-3, 2) seems to act like -3 * -3? ** 3 seems fine and both seems to act like -3*-3*-3. >>> x = -3 >>> x ** 3 27 >>> -3 ** 3 -27 Will it be safe to use the ** 2 in Python? If I use a variable will it return the same value? I only found this for the bug: https://devforum.roblox.com/t/inconsistent-squaring-behavior/820028/ It looks like the exact same issue I'm having, but I still don't get it and it's not for Python. |
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| msg381574 - (view) | Author: Mark Dickinson (mark.dickinson) *  |
Date: 2020-11-21 20:04 | |
-3 ** 2 is parsed by Python as -(3 **2), not as (-3) ** 2. |
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| msg381575 - (view) | Author: Christian Heimes (christian.heimes) * |
Date: 2020-11-21 20:12 | |
Operator precedence and unary operator binding is explained in the language reference documentation, https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#the-power-operator |
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2022-04-11 14:59:38 | admin | set | github: 86594 |
| 2020-11-21 20:12:48 | christian.heimes | set | status: open -> closed nosy: + christian.heimes messages: + msg381575 resolution: not a bug stage: resolved |
| 2020-11-21 20:04:10 | mark.dickinson | set | nosy:
+ mark.dickinson messages: + msg381574 |
| 2020-11-21 19:56:52 | JohnSmith11132 | create | |