What's the difference between “2*2” and “2**2” in Python?

Question

What is the difference between the following codes?

code1:

var=2**2*3

code2:

var2         


        

Answer 1

2**2 = 2 power-of 2

2*2 = 2 times 2

Answer 2

A double asterisk means to the power of. A single asterisk means multiplied by. 2² is the same as 2x2 which is why both answers came out as 4.

Answer 3

  2**2 means 2 squared (2^2)
  2*2 mean 2 times 2 (2x2)

In this case they happen to have the same value, but...

  3**3*4 != 3*3*4

Answer 4

Power has more precedence than multiply, so:

2**2*3 = (2^2)*3
2*2*3 = 2*2*3