Python and Powers Math
The symbols represent different operators.
The ^
represents the bitwise exclusive or (XOR
).
Each bit of the output is the same as the corresponding bit in x if that bit in y is 0, and it's the complement of the bit in x if that bit in y is 1.
**
represents the power operator. That's just the way that the language is structured.
Operator ^
is a bitwise operator, which does bitwise exclusive or.
The power operator is **
, like 8**3
which equals to 512
.