How can I use indices in math using python

Question

I want to print 2^3=8 in python

how can I do that?

Answer 1

Operator ^ is a bitwise operator, which does "bitwise exclusive or".
More: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BitwiseOperators

The power operator is **, like 8**3 which equals to 512.
Ref: http://docs.python.org/reference/expressions.html#the-power-operator