I'm looking for the syntax of a complex exponent, like: 2 ** (n - m)

[CHANCEMAN]

. I'm looking for the syntax of a complex exponent, like: 2 ** (n - m)
. I would like to do this:
(code 1) :

p = n - m
NUMERO = (98 ** p) + (2 ** p)

. I would like to write (code 1) in a single line of code:
(code 2) :

NUMERO = (98 ** (n - m)) + (2 ** (n - m))

-> Is the syntax (code 2) correct?

Yoriz write Dec-29-2023, 01:33 PM:
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[Gribouillis]

-> Is the syntax (code 2) correct?

Of course it is correct. The downside is that n - m is computed twice.

[Yoriz]

The walrus := could be used to only compute n - m only once.

import itertools

n = 3
m = 1
p = n - m
numbers = (
    (98**p) + (2**p),
    (98 ** (n - m)) + (2 ** (n - m)),
    (98 ** (result := n - m)) + (2 ** (result)),
)

for index, (number, other_number) in enumerate(itertools.pairwise(numbers), 1):
    print(
        (
            f"Comparing numbers {index} & {index+1}: {number} == {other_number}"
            f" = {number == other_number}"
        )
    )

Output:
Comparing numbers 1 & 2: 9608 == 9608 = True
Comparing numbers 2 & 3: 9608 == 9608 = True