[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] > Thank you for this. Now I need to somehow express this as a real > number. For example, I can transform the real and imaginary parts into > a polar coordinate giving me the value I want: > > z = sqrt( real_part**2 + imaj_part**2 ) > > but this is an absolute terms. How does one determine the correct sign > for this value?
If you mean the angle >>> import math >>> x = (-3 + 0j) ** (-37/9.) >>> math.atan2(x.imag, x.real) * (180 / math.pi) -19.99999999999995 John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
