I am lost. What changed so the simple algebra like 2ˆ2 does not work anymore (Julia v1.6.3) in the REPL (on MacOS)? And how would I draw the power of a int or a float? I get julia> 2ˆ2 ERROR: UndefVarError: ˆ2 not defined Stacktrace: [1] top-level scope @ REPL[31]:1 And julia> 2 ˆ 2 ERROR:…

You are using “Modifier Letter Circumflex Accent” with code julia> Char('ˆ') 'ˆ': Unicode U+02C6 (category Lm: Letter, modifier) You need CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT julia> Char('^') '^': ASCII/Unicode U+005E (category Sk: Symbol, modifier) (edited: using Char instead of UInt16, :+1: to @Palli )

Exponentiation (`^`) on a non-US keyboard

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Exponentiation (`^`) on a non-US keyboard

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