Re: [Tutor] Exponential function

2017-02-15 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 15/02/17 04:43, eryk sun wrote: >> value = 1e5 # or 3e7 or whatever... > > 10**5 is an int and 1e5 is a float. Good point, I'd forgotten about that distinction. > Replacing 10**5 with 10 is a compile-time optimization And didn't know about that one. Thanks for the clarification. --

Re: [Tutor] Exponential function

2017-02-14 Thread eryk sun
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 11:01 PM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: > To compute it if you don't know x in advance then yes, > use something like > > value = 10**x > > But if you know the value in advance you can write it in > a more compact form as: > > value = 1e5 # or 3e7 or whatever... 10**5 is an

Re: [Tutor] Exponential function

2017-02-14 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 14/02/17 12:03, Aaliyah Ebrahim wrote: > For the function 1*10^x, is there a specific way of computing *10^x or will > it just be the following : > > 1*10**x To compute it if you don't know x in advance then yes, use something like value = 10**x But if you know the value in advance you can

[Tutor] Exponential function

2017-02-14 Thread Aaliyah Ebrahim
Hi For the function 1*10^x, is there a specific way of computing *10^x or will it just be the following : 1*10**x Thank you. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo