It turns out that 3^2 is not 9. 3**2 is 9.
3^2 is 1. That seems easy. 3-2=1.
Well, 3^8 is 11. Oh...so 3+8=11.
*%*$!! 3^6 is 5!!!!!!!
Look at the pattern below. What do you see?
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Python Carrot Puzzle
I recently discovered that '^' does not mean 'to the power of' in Python. I discovered this in quite a painful way while coding in a library. Librarians don't like it when you start yelling at your computer. They get aggressive. They get mean. Some of them know Jujitsu.
It turns out that 3^2 is not 9. 3**2 is 9.
3^2 is 1. That seems easy. 3-2=1.
Well, 3^8 is 11. Oh...so 3+8=11.
*%*$!! 3^6 is 5!!!!!!!
Look at the pattern below. What do you see?
It turns out that 3^2 is not 9. 3**2 is 9.
3^2 is 1. That seems easy. 3-2=1.
Well, 3^8 is 11. Oh...so 3+8=11.
*%*$!! 3^6 is 5!!!!!!!
Look at the pattern below. What do you see?
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