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The April Fools joke was on those of us who never received/have yet to 
receive @Stefan's OP.



On 2/04/24 08:02, Avi Gross via Python-list wrote:
> 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 PM 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 = 2
>>> b = 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 = 2
>>> b = 3
>>> print( a * b )
>>
>> I guess the operator "*" can be imported from any module... :-)
>>
>> bye,
>>
>> --
>>
>> piergiorgio
>>
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>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>>

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