For many of us, high school math happened way before computers were popular and the exponent (power) was represented as a superscript, TTBOMK the ^ symbol is used almost uniquely in programming...duh... kching ...kching ...kching...
Javier Valencia, PE President Valencia Technology Group, L.L.C. 14315 S. Twilight Ln., Suite #14 Olathe, KS 66062-4571 (913)829-0888 (913)649-2904 FAX -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sami Aaron Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:06 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Just some I wanted to share! We'll stick with $0.25 for each "DUH", but you have to pony up for it. That's right - scramble that brain back to High School math class - and anyone who forgot where they saw ^ before but has now been reminded of it needs to email me and cough up that twenty-five cents for Project Bundle-Up. Sami ----------------------------------------------------------- Sami Aaron Software Management Specialists 19312 W 63rd Terr Shawnee KS 66218 913-915-1971 http://www.softwaremgmt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Albert Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 10:38 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Just some I wanted to share! > This is not fancy syntax, guys and gals. ^ is the power sign, and anything raised to the power of -1 is 1/anything. > 10^-1 = 0.10 > 10^1 = 10.00 > 10^2 = 100.00 > > [What's the current DUH charge for facetious postings, Sami?] > > "mjs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Is that ^-1 documented somewhere? > >Mike Sinclair
