Jonathan Barbero wrote: > Hello! > My name is Jonathan, i´m new with Python. > > I try this in the command line: > > >>> (-1)**(1/2) > 1 > > This is wrong, i think it must throw an exception. > What do you think?
>>> 1/2 0 >>> (-1)**0 1 It's fine. If you want to get a floating point result from dividing, make one of the two numbers a float: >>> 1.0/2 0.5 >>> Georg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
