On 11-04-17 07:51, Branimir K. Hackenberger wrote:

This is some interesting:

-8^(1/3)

[1] -2

x=(-8:8)

y=x^(1/3)

y

[1]      NaN      NaN      NaN      NaN      NaN      NaN      NaN      NaN
0.000000 1.000000

[11] 1.259921 1.442250 1.587401 1.709976 1.817121 1.912931 2.000000

So, can anybody explain this?! (Why is x[1]^(1/3)=y[1]=NaN, but
-8^(1/3)=-2?)

-8^(1/3) == (-8)^(1/3) # NA
-8^(1/3) == -(8^(1/3)) # TRUE

Thx!!!

You're welcome.

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Sascha Vieweg, saschav...@gmail.com

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