Using Randint numbers in a caculation

Question

num1 = print(random.randint(0,9))
num2 = print(random.randint(0,9))
print(num1 ** num2)

When ever I try to run this in python I receive the error

TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for ** or pow(): 'NoneType' and 'NoneType'

Anyone know the issue im having here and how i can go about fixing it?

`print()` returns `None`. Remove `print()` and leave only `random.randint` — Andrej Kesely, Oct 11 '20 at 20:00
`print` doesn't return anything. When you do `num1 = print(...)`, the result of `print` is assigned to `num1` — Pranav Hosangadi, Oct 11 '20 at 20:00

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 11 '20 at 20:02

The issue that you are using the "print" - function which returns "None" as value when you try to assign the numbers to their variables.

In order to fix this issue, you simply have to remove the print-statements or put them in another place, so that your code looks like this:

num1 = random.randint(0,9)
num2 = random.randint(0,9)
print(num1 ** num2)

Take care

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 11 '20 at 20:04

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Remove the 'print()' that you have putted in "num1 = print(random.randint(0,9))" and "num2 = print(random.randint(0,9))", it should fix the issue.

Also you should change the last line to print(str(num1 ** num2)) instead of print(num1 ** num2) :D

answered Oct 11 '20 at 20:04

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that second suggestion is less helpful; python automatically converts `print` arguments to strings as needed – Sam Mason Oct 12 '20 at 08:49

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 11 '20 at 20:04

Try this,

num1 = random.randint(0, 9)
num2 = random.randint(0, 9)
print(num1 ** num2)

In your code, you are using print to get the value, but print statement does not return the value (as you wanted in your code) i.e. the return-type of print is None.

Using Randint numbers in a caculation

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