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returns ``100``, but ``pow(10, -2)`` returns ``0.01``. For a negative base of
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type :class:`int` or :class:`float` and a non-integer exponent, a complex
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result is delivered. For example, ``pow(-9, 0.5)`` returns a value close
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- to ``3j``.
+ to ``3j``. Whereas, for a negative base of type :class:`int` or :class:`float`
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+ with an integral exponent, a real number is delivered. For example,
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+ ``pow(-9, 2.0)`` returns ``81.0``.
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For :class:`int` operands *base* and *exp*, if *mod* is present, *mod* must
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also be of integer type and *mod* must be nonzero. If *mod* is present and
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