Python math.prod()

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math.prod(x) function returns the product of elements in the iterable x.

The syntax to call prod() function is

math.prod(x, *, start=1)

where

math.prod() function is new in Python version 3.7.

Product of elements in a list using math.prod() function.

Python Program

import math

x = list([2.4, 5.1, 6.7])
result = math.prod(x)
print('prod(x) :', result)

Output

prod(x) : 82.008

Product of elements in a tuple using math.prod() function.

Python Program

import math

x = tuple([2.4, 5.1])
result = math.prod(x)
print('prod(x) :', result)

Output

prod(x) : 12.239999999999998

Product of elements in an iterable with a specific start value of 2.

Python Program

import math

x = [5, 3]
result = math.prod(x, start = 2)
print('prod(x) :', result)

Output

prod(x) : 30

Product of elements in iterable, when the iterable is empty.

Default start value of the product is 1. So, when there are no elements in the iterable, this start value is returned.

Python Program

import math

x = []
result = math.prod(x)
print('prod(x) :', result)

Output

prod(x) : 1

If we specify a value for start parameter, and the iterable is empty, this start value is returned by math.prod().

Python Program

import math

x = []
result = math.prod(x, start = 4)
print('prod(x) :', result)

Output

prod(x) : 4

When there is one or more infinity values, and the rest float/integral values, in the iterable, math.prod() returns infinity.

Python Program

import math

x = [math.inf, 5, 3.2]
result = math.prod(x)
print('prod(x) :', result)

Output

prod(x) : inf

When there is at least one nan value in the iterable, then math.prod() returns nan.

Python Program

import math

x = [math.nan, 5, 3.2]
result = math.prod(x)
print('prod(x) :', result)

Output

prod(x) : nan

In this Python Examples tutorial, we learned the syntax of, and examples for math.prod() function.