"Mark Dickinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Apr 16, 4:19 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > how do i solve power(5,1.3)? > [...] > > also i found a link which states 0^0 isnt 1 even though every > calculator ive tried says it is. > it doesnt say what it is but i presume 0 then. > but it seems the dude is wrong and it is 1?
Define a**b as 1 multiplied by a b times. Then a**0 is clearly 1, regardless of a. But some do disagree. | decimal.InvalidOperation: 0 ** 0 I would think of this as a bug unless the standard Decimal follows demands this. tjr -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
