On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> if int(round(cubed_root)) ** 3 == n > so the cube is done with integer arithmetic instead of floating point. Compare: In [1]: 550919 ** 3 Out[1]: 167210386801801559L In [2]: 550919.0 ** 3 Out[2]: 1.6721038680180157e+017 The cubes you are working with are too large to be represented accurately with floating point numbers. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
