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On 24/11/2014 00:33, Abdul Abdul wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I came across an example that showed the following:
>
> Wxy**2
>
> What do ** mean here?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

You can find out about these by going to 
https://docs.python.org/3/genindex.html and clicking on 'Symbols' which 
takes you to https://docs.python.org/3/genindex-Symbols.html where ** is 
the 11th one down in the left hand column.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence