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  • Re: Multiplication

    From Piergiorgio Sartor@21:1/5 to Stefan Ram on Mon Apr 1 10:51:05 2024
    On 01/04/2024 10.40, Stefan Ram wrote:
    Q: How can I multiply two variables in Python? I tried:

    a = 2
    b = 3
    print( ab )

    but it did not work.

    A: No, this cannot work. To multiply, you need the multiplication
    operator. You can import the multiplication operator from "math":

    Code example:

    from math import *

    a = 2
    b = 3
    print( a * b )

    I guess the operator "*" can be imported from any module... :-)

    bye,

    --

    piergiorgio

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  • From Stefan Ram@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 1 08:40:41 2024
    Q: How can I multiply two variables in Python? I tried:

    a = 2
    b = 3
    print( ab )

    but it did not work.

    A: No, this cannot work. To multiply, you need the multiplication
    operator. You can import the multiplication operator from "math":

    Code example:

    from math import *

    a = 2
    b = 3
    print( a * b )

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  • From D'Arcy Cain@21:1/5 to Joel Goldstick via Python-list on Mon Apr 1 13:34:36 2024
    On 2024-04-01 12:35, Joel Goldstick via Python-list wrote:
    On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 1:26 PM Piergiorgio Sartor via Python-list
    ^^^^^^^^^^^

    from math import *

    a = 2
    b = 3
    print( a * b )

    I guess the operator "*" can be imported from any module... :-)
    No import is necessary.

    Of course not. Check the date on the message.

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  • From dn@21:1/5 to Avi Gross via Python-list on Tue Apr 2 09:02:22 2024
    The April Fools joke was on those of us who never received/have yet to
    receive @Stefan's OP.



    On 2/04/24 08:02, Avi Gross via Python-list wrote:
    Is this a April 1 post for fools.

    Multiplication with an asterisk symbol is built into python.

    The same symbol used in other contexts has other contexts has an assortment of largely unrelated meanings such as meaning everything when used to
    import.


    On Mon, Apr 1, 2024, 1:27 PM Piergiorgio Sartor via Python-list < python-list@python.org> wrote:

    On 01/04/2024 10.40, Stefan Ram wrote:
    Q: How can I multiply two variables in Python? I tried:

    a = 2
    b = 3
    print( ab )

    but it did not work.

    A: No, this cannot work. To multiply, you need the multiplication
    operator. You can import the multiplication operator from "math":

    Code example:

    from math import *

    a = 2
    b = 3
    print( a * b )

    I guess the operator "*" can be imported from any module... :-)

    bye,

    --

    piergiorgio

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    Regards,
    =dn

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