unsupported operand type(s) for ^: 'float' and 'float'

[Florian Lindner]

Hello,
I get the exception above when trying to use a float as radix and exponent,
e.g.:

>>5.3^4.3

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for ^: 'float' and 'float'


How can I use floats for powers?

Thanks,

Florian

[benc]

Re: unsupported operand type(s) for ^: 'float' and 'float'

On Jun 15, 9:21 am, Florian Lindner <Florian.Lind.. .@xgm.dewrote:

>5.3^4.3

>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for ^: 'float' and 'float'

That operator... I do not think it means what you think it means.

>>hex(0x1010^0x 0110)

'0x1100'

^ is the bitwise XOR operator. For exponentiation, use **.

>>5.3**4.3

1301.3263966398 44

Hope that helps,
--Ben