On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:27:06 am Monte Milanuk wrote: > So... pow(4,4) is equivalent to 4**4, which works on anything - > integers, floats, etc., but math.pow(4,4) only works on floats... and > in this case it converts or interprets (4,4) as (4.0,4.0), hence > returning a float: 256.0. Is that about right?
Pretty much, but the builtin pow also takes an optional third argument: >>> pow(4, 4, 65) # same as 4**4 % 65 only more efficient 61 By the way, are you aware that you can get help in the interactive interpreter? help(pow) -- Steven D'Aprano _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
