Euler 16 in Python

gistfile1.txt

# let's try to do problem 16 in python
# first, we need to do some python math
# apparently the ** is exponent in python

answer = str(2**1000)

# now we need to extract each position from this string, convert it back to a number, and add

i=0
sum=0

while (i < len(answer)):
	x = answer[i:i+1]
	x = int(x)
	sum = sum + x
	i = i+1

print "2 to the 1000th power is %s" % sum