Re: [Python-Dev] (-1)**(1/2)==1?
Jonathan Barbero wrote: Hello! My name is Jonathan, i´m new with Python. I try this in the command line: (-1)**(1/2) 1 This is wrong, i think it must throw an exception. What do you think? 1/2 0 (-1)**0 1 It's fine. If you want to get a floating point result from dividing, make one of the two numbers a float: 1.0/2 0.5 Georg ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] (-1)**(1/2)==1?
Georg, Please do not respond to off-topic posts on python-dev without redirecting them to comp.lang.python (or other suitable place). Thanks! On Mon, Feb 20, 2006, Georg Brandl wrote: Jonathan Barbero wrote: Hello! My name is Jonathan, i?m new with Python. I try this in the command line: (-1)**(1/2) 1 This is wrong, i think it must throw an exception. What do you think? 1/2 0 (-1)**0 1 It's fine. If you want to get a floating point result from dividing, make one of the two numbers a float: 1.0/2 0.5 -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * http://www.pythoncraft.com/ 19. A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing. --Alan Perlis ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] (-1)**(1/2)==1?
2006/2/20, Jonathan Barbero [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello! My name is Jonathan, i´m new with Python. Hello Jonathan. This list is only for developing Python itself, not for developing in Python. You should address this kind of question in comp.lang.python (available as a newsgroup and a mailing list), see here for instructions: http://www.python.org/community/lists.html I try this in the command line: (-1)**(1/2) 1 This is wrong, i think it must throw an exception. What do you think? It's OK, because (1/2) is zero, not 0.5. 1/2 0 Regards, .Facundo Blog: http://www.taniquetil.com.ar/plog/ PyAr: http://www.python.org/ar/ ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] (-1)**(1/2)==1?
1/2 0 (-1) ** (1./2) Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in ? ValueError: negative number cannot be raised to a fractional power Regards, Michael On 2/20/06, Jonathan Barbero [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! My name is Jonathan, i´m new with Python. I try this in the command line: (-1)**(1/2) 1 This is wrong, i think it must throw an exception. What do you think? Bye. Jonathan. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/michael.walter%40gmail.com ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
