On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:17 PM, John Fouhy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 25/07/2008, Sam Last Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "C:\Python\Script2.py", line 4, in <module> >> print -b + [((b*b - 4*a*c)**0.5)/(2*a)] >> ValueError: negative number cannot be raised to a fractional power > > This is normal; if you want to handle complex numbers you will need to > do a lot more work..
The sqrt() function in the cmath module will compute complex square roots. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
