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Is this a April 1 post for fools.

Multiplication with an asterisk symbol is built into python.

The same symbol used in other contexts has other contexts has an assortment
of largely unrelated meanings such as meaning everything when used to
import.


On Mon, Apr 1, 2024, 1:27=E2=80=AFPM Piergiorgio Sartor via Python-list <
python-list@python.org> wrote:

> On 01/04/2024 10.40, Stefan Ram wrote:
> >      Q: How can I multiply two variables in Python? I tried:
> >
> > a =3D 2
> > b =3D 3
> > print( ab )
> >
> >      but it did not work.
> >
> >      A: No, this cannot work. To multiply, you need the multiplication
> >      operator. You can import the multiplication operator from "math":
> >
> >      Code example:
> >
> > from math import *
> >
> > a =3D 2
> > b =3D 3
> > print( a * b )
>
> I guess the operator "*" can be imported from any module... :-)
>
> bye,
>
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>
> piergiorgio
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