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course_planning:computation:common_mistakes [2015/09/24 23:56] – [Squaring a vector] obsniukm | course_planning:computation:common_mistakes [2015/09/25 13:40] (current) – [Indentation issues] obsniukm | ||
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====== Common easily overlooked mistakes ====== | ====== Common easily overlooked mistakes ====== | ||
==== Multiplication ==== | ==== Multiplication ==== | ||
- | Unordered List ItemWhen | + | When multiplying two numbers, |
<code python> | <code python> | ||
- | number3=(number1)(number2) | + | number3 = (number1)(number2) |
</ | </ | ||
will throw an error. | will throw an error. | ||
<code python> | <code python> | ||
- | number3=number1*number2 | + | number3 = number1*number2 |
</ | </ | ||
- | ==== Raising to a power ==== | + | ==== Raising |
Raising to a power with a caret | Raising to a power with a caret | ||
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- | ==== Squaring a vector | + | ==== Indentation issues |
- | You can't just raise a vector a power like | + | If an indentation error is given, select the entire indented region where the indentation error is probably located (check in the region they last made an edit) and |
- | <code python> | + | |
- | vectorraisedton = vector**n | + | - **Format |
- | </code> | + | |
- | Rather, you need to raise its magnitude: | + | |
- | <code python> | + | |
- | vectorraisedton = mag(vector)**n | + | |
- | </code> | + |