hi all why does R do this:
(-8)^(1/3)=NaN the answer should be : -2 a silly question but i kept on getting errors in some of my code due to this problem. i solve the problem as follows: say we want : (-a)^(1/3) then : sign(a)*(a^(1/3)) works but there has to be a simpler way of soing such a simple mathematical operation. thanking you / allan ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
