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

What is the difference between the following statements?

Statement 1:

var=2**2*3

Statement 2:

var2=2*2*3

I see no difference. This raises the following question.

Why is Statement 1 used if we can use Statement 2?

Answer

Try:

2**3*2

and

2*3*2

to see the difference.

** is the operator for “power of”. In your particular operation, 2 to the power of 2 yields the same as 2 times 2.