☜ | Error Code M95M[UMPS] by Example | ☞ |
Approved for inclusion in a future M[UMPS] language standard.
This error will occur when the result of an exponentiation operation is a complex number with a non-zero imaginary part. This may occur when a negative number is raised to a fractional power.
Reference | Value | |
---|---|---|
-1**3 | -1 | |
-1**4 | 1 | |
-32**0.2 | -2 | |
-1**.5 | Error M95 | |
-8**(1/3) | Error M95 (1/3 is never exactly the right value to make this result be -2 |
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