[Python-Dev] (-1)**(1/2)==1?
Facundo Batista
facundobatista at gmail.com
Mon Feb 20 16:50:35 CET 2006
2006/2/20, Jonathan Barbero <jonathan.barbero at gmail.com>:
> 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:
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> 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
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