[Tutor] Exponential function

[Alan Gauld]

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 write it in
a more compact form as:

value = 1e5  # or 3e7 or whatever...

say(if x=5).

Experiment at the interactive prompt to see how it works.

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