On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, tom wright wrote: > please excuse me if this ones a basic error > >> y<-c(-0.7,-0.6,-0.5) >> -0.7^1.22 > [1] -0.6471718
?Syntax shows ^ has a higher precedance than -, so that is -(0.7^1.22) > >> y^1.22 > [1] NaN NaN NaN > > am I missing something important in my basic math? > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
