[Tutor] hypotenuse

[Wolfram Kraus]

Am 14.03.2008 09:40, Alan Gauld schrieb:
>>> Why can you not use something like:
>>>
>>>>>> hypotenuse = hyp_squared**1/2
> 
> And for completeness that could also be written:
> 
> hypotenuse = pow(hyp_squared,1/2)
> 
> Again, without the need to import math.
> 
But beware of the integer divison in Python:

 >>> pow(2,1/2)
1
 >>> pow(2,.5)
1.4142135623730951
 >>> pow(2,1.0/2)
1.4142135623730951