'^' has higher precedence than '-', i.e. your first line is equivalent to - ( 0.08xyz..... ^(1/3) )
Gabor On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Juan Manuel Barreneche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, this is what i got... > >> -0.0841219200008394^(1/3) > [1] -0.438163696867656 >> (-0.0841219200008394)^(1/3) > [1] NaN > > and i don't have a clue of why this happens or how to avoid it, any > suggestions? > > thank you, > Juan > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Gabor Csardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UNIL DGM ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
