-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Max,
On 07/06/15 00:44, Max wrote: > I'm trying to get [pow 2] from -0.019022952498528478. however, in > Python and my on-screen pocket calculator I get > -0.019022952498528478**2 -0.0003618727217612709 > > so apart from the 32 bit float, shouldn't the result be negative? Here's what I get with Python: $ python >>> pow(-0.019022952498528478, 2) 0.0003618727217612709 >>> -0.019022952498528478 ** 2 - -0.0003618727217612709 So the "**" operator behaves differently from "pow(x, 2)". Cheers, Chris. - -- http://mccormick.cx/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iD8DBQFVc5JoCdjIil9lUVoRAiA7AKCYW9s14bTeXU6jo5MiPl32DgjTcgCffY5C MYBL0xglkXdqsoGhlU2bsHM= =XCDi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
