What is the shorthand way of raising a variable to the power of - in Python 3?

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In the formula for calculating the volume of a sphere, the radius is raised to the power of 3. So, if I assign a variable such as sphere_radius to the radius, how would I raise that variable to the power of 3 (in shorthand form without having to multiply the radius three times) in my python statement to calculate the volume?

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 02 '22 at 01:44

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In python, a**b will raise a to the power of b.

For example:

cubed = radius ** 3

answered Sep 02 '22 at 01:44

KingsDev

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Thanks for the feedback. I will go ahead and check it out in my code. – superior_light Sep 03 '22 at 00:50
@superior_light If this helped you in any way upvote and mark as accepted as that helps a ton and can also help future readers – KingsDev Sep 03 '22 at 00:51

What is the shorthand way of raising a variable to the power of - in Python 3?

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