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| author | Aditya Borikar <adityaborikar2@gmail.com> | 2024-06-07 09:44:42 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2024-06-07 09:44:42 (GMT) |
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gh-110383: Clarify "non-integral" wording in pow() docs (#119688)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 4617767..1d82f92 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -1561,7 +1561,9 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. returns ``100``, but ``pow(10, -2)`` returns ``0.01``. For a negative base of type :class:`int` or :class:`float` and a non-integral exponent, a complex result is delivered. For example, ``pow(-9, 0.5)`` returns a value close - to ``3j``. + to ``3j``. Whereas, for a negative base of type :class:`int` or :class:`float` + with an integral exponent, a float result is delivered. For example, + ``pow(-9, 2.0)`` returns ``81.0``. For :class:`int` operands *base* and *exp*, if *mod* is present, *mod* must also be of integer type and *mod* must be nonzero. If *mod* is present and |