Can someone explain to me what python is doing here? Python 3.1.1 (r311:74480, Feb 3 2010, 13:36:47) [GCC 4.3.4] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> -0.1 ** 0.1 -0.7943282347242815 >>> a = -0.1; b = 0.1 >>> a ** b (0.7554510437117542+0.2454609236416552j) >>> -abs(a ** b) -0.7943282347242815
Why does the literal version return the signed magnitude and the variable version return a complex? Cheers, Terrence -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list