[DUPLICATE] 📝 What does ** means ?

Question

Just a quick question about something in Python, which often occurs in my Challenges, but I've never seen that before.

a = 3
b = 7
print(a**b)

>> 2187

I don't understand what is ** , and why it gives the result 2187, if someone could explain to me please 🙂✨

Answer 1

** in python or ruby means ^ in math
ie 3**7 = 3^7 = 3.3.3.3...7times =2187

Answer 2

3**7 is 3^7 or 3x3x3x3x3x3x3 which is 2187

Answer 3

Its equivalent to the carot key (^). Used to create exponents.

Answer 4

Aw, thank you all 💫