Raising elements of a list to a power

Question

How can I raise the numbers in list to a certain power?

Answer 1

def turn_to_power(list, power=1): 
    return [number**power for number in list]

Example:

   list = [1,2,3]
   turn_to_power(list)
=> [1, 2, 3]
   turn_to_power(list,2)
=> [1, 4, 9]

UPD: you should also consider reading about pow(x,y) function of math lib: https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/math.html