-1^2 == -(1^2)

 -- John

On Oct 22, 2014, at 2:39 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> Could someone please explain to me how julia handles ^ operator. I'm confused 
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> $ julia
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> julia> -1 ^ 2
> -1
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> julia> (-1) ^ 2
> 1
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> julia> -1 * -1
> 1
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