quoth the Salai Khine:
> Dear all,
>
> I am very new to ruby language. I have some question in Ruby arthmetic
> operation.
>
> Why did i get 2 ** 2 = 4 ??

Because '**' is the exponentiation operator.

> a = 2 ** 2
>
> puts a
>
> --> 4
> Why ?
>
> It is like 2 ^ 2 = 4 ???

Exactly...

> regards,
> salai.

-d
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