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[Thomas S. <t.s...@fz...>]

integer division...

gnuplot> print 1/2
0
gnuplot> print 1./2.
0.5
gnuplot> print 5**(1/2)
1
gnuplot> print 5**(1./2.)
2.23606797749979

'x**0' is always '1'


minimalmiser wrote:
> 
> I am having problems with order of evaluation! I am plotting the function:
>  d(x)=x**(1/2)
> It would seem that this should be the square root of x, but instead it
> evaluates to 1, for any value of x.
> Clearly the parenthesis is not evaluating first, but this does not make
> any sense because the docs say they evaluate first!
> Does anyone have clarification on this issue?
> 

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