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		jvdvegt 74 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fstrings.wtf Why would "0^5" evaluate to 5? (question 21) And is there a way to link to a specific question?

palotasb 74 days ago | [–]

^ is the XOR operator, 0 XOR 5 is 5. (Exponentiation is *)

https://docs.python.org/3/library/operator.html#mapping-oper...

teddyh 74 days ago | | [–]

Exponentiation is ** or pow()

andrewfurey2003 74 days ago | [–]

xor

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