using python, how do you get the cube of an even number input by the user without using * and **?

I'm no longer a python expert (if I ever was) - I moved to ruby some time ago, but I think you need to do something like this:

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import math

evenNo = input("Give me an even number ")

cubeNo = math.pow(evenNo,3)

print cubeNo

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There's loads of help out there on python - just refine the above if necessary.