On Oct 9, 11:22 pm, "Tom Lake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have Python 2.6 installed on Vista Ultimate. When I try to calculate > sqrt (or any transcendental functions) I get the following error > > >>> sqrt(2) > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > NameError: name 'sqrt' is not defined > > What am I doing wrong? > > Tom Lake
do 'from math import sqrt' first or try '2**0.5' -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list