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Why 10**2**3 equals to 100000000
print(10**2) â> Output: 100 print(100**3) â> Output: 1000000 print(10**2**3) â> Output: 100000000 Could anyone tell me why 10**2**3 is not 1000000... Language: Python
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you go from the end so first is 2**3 and then 10**8
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10**2**3
=10**(2**3)
=10**8
100000000
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It's how math (and Python) works.
"Operators in the same box group left to right (except for exponentiation, which groups from right to left)".
https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#operator-precedence
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** operator goes from the end?? thatâs strange!
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If brackets were put up you'd be calculating according to the BODMAS rules, if there aren't any you should proceed just like math