Long explanation (But Easy)
chatGPT explanation:
So first you write:
i = 1
This line is just starting the number from 1. You will use this i to show powers like i², i³, and i⁴.
Then comes:
print("%-4s%-5s%-6s%-7s" % ("i", "i2", "i3", "i4"))
This line prints the table heading. It just shows "i", "i2", "i3", and "i4" on the top like column names. The %-4s, %-5s, etc. are used for spacing. It makes sure everything lines up properly and looks like a clean table. The s stands for string, so it's printing words.
Now the main part is the loop:
while i <= 5:
This line says, repeat the next block of code as long as i is less than or equal to 5. So it will run 5 times for i = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Inside the loop, this line runs:
print("%-4d%-6d%-7d%-8d" % (i, i2, i3, i**4))
Now this is the line that prints the actual numbers. Here’s what happens:
% means you are formatting numbers.
%-4d means print a number (d means digit) and leave 4 spaces after it (so that it looks aligned).
i is printed as it is (like 1, 2, 3...).
i**2 means i to the power 2 (square of i). So if i = 2, then i² = 4.
i**3 means i to the power 3 (cube of i). So if i = 2, then i³ = 8.
i**4 means i to the power 4.
So basically this line prints the number i, then i², then i³, then i⁴ all in one line, and spaces them neatly using the formatting.
Then finally, you write:
i = i + 1
This line just increases the value of i by 1. So after printing for i = 1, it goes to 2, then 3, and so on. Once it becomes 6, the while condition i <= 5 becomes false, and the loop stops.
So the whole program will print:
i i2 i3 i4
1 1 1 1
2 4 8 16
3 9 27 81
4 16 64 256
5 25 125 625