in reply to Calculating Nth root using perl.

for the 4th root you can also use: 
my $r4 = sqrt sqrt $num;

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Re^2: Calculating Nth root using perl.
by QM (Parson) on May 09, 2006 at 22:54 UTC
    ++

    Reminds me of the joke about the carpenter who threw half the nails out, because they were facing the wrong way!

    -QM
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    Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of

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