On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > On 23Nov2014 18:43, Tim Chase <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: >> >> On 2014-11-24 01:33, Abdul Abdul wrote: >>> >>> Wxy**2 >>> >>> What do ** mean here? >> >> >> "to the power of", so your code squares the value of "Wxy", or "Wxy * >> Wxy" >> >> https://docs.python.org/2/reference/expressions.html#the-power-operator > > > With respect to finding this out for yourself, if you go the Python docs: > > https://docs.python.org/3/ > > and follow the "index" link at the top right: > > https://docs.python.org/3/genindex.html > > and in that page, follow the "Symbols" link: > > https://docs.python.org/3/genindex-Symbols.html > > you will find "**" there, along with a lot of other operator and syntax > stuff.
You can also learn this with Google, by searching for: python "star star" It takes you to a stackoverflow page about python exponentiation. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list