Re: nth root

[Dan Goodman]

Mark Dickinson wrote:

Well, random numbers is one thing.  But how about the following:

n = 12345**13
n

154662214940914131102165197707101295849230845947265625L

int(n ** (1./13))  # should be 12345; okay

12345

int((n-1) ** (1./13))  # should be 12344; oops!

12345

Good point! Oops indeed. :-)

Dan

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