This is FAQ 7.33
-thomas
On Tue, 1 Jul 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can someone please enlighten me as to why the following happens?
-2.7^8.6
[1] -5125.407
p<- -2.7
q<- 8.6
p^q
[1] NaN
R seems perfectly able to calculate -2.7^8.6, but fails when the exact same
values are assigned to variables and then the computation is repeated.
Thanks in advance for any suggetsions.
Kris.
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Thomas Lumley Assoc. Professor, Biostatistics
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