What's the difference between “2*2” and “2**2” in Python?

Question

What is the difference between the following codes?

code1:

var=2**2*3

code2:

var2         


        

Answer 1

A double asterisk means to the power of. A single asterisk means multiplied by. 2² is the same as 2x2 which is why both answers came out as 4.