Hi Todd, Yes, ** stands for exponentiation. And exponentiation has higher precedence than multiplication. See below (I dropped a few zeros to help clarify):
> put 2 * 10 ** 20 200000000000000000000 > put (2 * 10) ** 20 104857600000000000000000000 > put 2 * (10 ** 20) 200000000000000000000 > 20 ** 20 104857600000000000000000000 > https://docs.raku.org/language/operators HTH, Bill. On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 2:33 PM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <perl6-us...@perl.org> wrote: > > On 2020-05-14 22:26, Peter Pentchev wrote: > >> And what is `2 * 100 ** 2000 `? Is that `(2 x 100)^ 2000` > >> ((2 times 100) to the 2000 power? > > Point 1: exponentiation has a higher priority than multiplication. > > > > Point 2:https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Integer_roots > > Any chance of you answering the question directly? > > Is it (2 x 100)^ 2000 > > Or 2 x ( 100^ 2000 ) 2 times (100 to the 2000 power)? > > Your point 1 only applies if it is an exponent. Is the > 2000 an exponent? Does ** stand for exponent?
