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[Tom Lake]

I have Python 2.6 installed on Vista Ultimate. When I try to calculate
sqrt (or any transcendental functions) I get the following error

>>sqrt(2)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'sqrt' is not defined

What am I doing wrong?

Tom Lake

[shstein2002]

On Oct 9, 11:22*pm, "Tom Lake" <[e-mail]:

I have Python 2.6 installed on Vista Ultimate. *When I try to calculate
sqrt (or any transcendental functions) I get the following error

>sqrt(2)

Traceback (most recent call last):
* File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'sqrt' is not defined

What am I doing wrong?

Tom Lake

do 'from math import sqrt' first

or try '2**0.5'

[Chris Rebert]

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Tom Lake <tl***@twcny.rr.comwrote:

I have Python 2.6 installed on Vista Ultimate. When I try to calculate
sqrt (or any transcendental functions) I get the following error

>>>sqrt(2)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'sqrt' is not defined

What am I doing wrong?

They're not buitltin, they're in the 'math' module
(http://docs.python.org/library/math.html#module-math), which you need
to import.
e.g.
import math
print math.sqrt(4)

Please also Read the Fine Tutorial at:
http://docs.python.org/tutorial/index.html

Cheers,
Chris
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Tom Lake --
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[Tom Lake]

"Chris Rebert" <cl*@rebertia.comwrote in message
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On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Tom Lake <tl***@twcny.rr.comwrote:

>I have Python 2.6 installed on Vista Ultimate. When I try to calculate
sqrt (or any transcendental functions) I get the following error

>>>>sqrt(2)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'sqrt' is not defined

What am I doing wrong?

They're not buitltin, they're in the 'math' module
(http://docs.python.org/library/math.html#module-math), which you need
to import.
e.g.
import math
print math.sqrt(4)

Please also Read the Fine Tutorial at:
http://docs.python.org/tutorial/index.html

Great! Thanks so much!

Tom Lake