🔒 Why does it have issues with negative numbers ?

[real ridge]

codewars problem with the following query
Jack really likes his number five: the trick here is that you have to multiply each number by 5 raised to the number of digits of each numbers, so, for example:

my code as follows

def multifply(n):
  return n*(5**len(str(n)))

[balmy granite]

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[real ridge]

It's becomes a complex number

No more a real number

5^(-1) is a complex number

[wispy agate]

!e print(5 ** -1)

[balmy granite]

@wispy agate :white_check_mark: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 0.

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[wispy agate]

I dont think so

[real ridge]

Oh I see

[glossy cradle]

they probably do not count the - as part of the length

[wispy agate]

5 ** -1 is just (1/5) ** 1

[radiant wave]

in standard notation, when u have a negative power it means it goes down to the denominator (or numerator if its in the denominator)

[real ridge]

I see my bad just trying to help

[radiant wave]

!e py def multifply(n): return n*(5**len(str(n))) print(multifply(-9))

[balmy granite]

@radiant wave :white_check_mark: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 0.

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[radiant wave]

oh

the minus is counted

like etrotta said

convert it to the absolute value

[real ridge]

sorry got some good

let me read this

Yeah minus is counted as a character

ohhhh

im a silly billy

xd

thanks ahha

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[balmy granite]

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