At 10:11 12/7/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >hi all > >why does R do this: > >(-8)^(1/3)=NaN > >the answer should be : -2
Allan In my computer: > (-8)^(1/3) [1] NaN > -8^(1/3) [1] -2 > -(8^(1/3)) [1] -2 The problem is -8 or the problem is (-8) ? []s Tura -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. ______________________________________________ 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
