> Jeff Vian ha scritto / said the following il giorno/on 15/01/2006 > 17:12: > >>On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 15:33 +0100, Antonio Montagnani wrote: >> >> >>>akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx ha scritto / said the following il giorno/on >>>15/01/2006 15:22: >>> >>> >>> >>>>On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 10:39:35PM +0100, Antonio Montagnani wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Square root seems not working. >>>>>when I press Sqrt button I get the following expression: >>>>>Sqrt( >>>>> >>>>>If I write a number in front of it, I get a malformed expression >>>>> warning. >>>>>What am I missing??? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>When I do it I can make Sqrt work. >>>>If I want to take the Sqrt of 123/3. >>>>I hit the Sqrt key, then 123 , then /, then 3 then type ). >>>>Now when I hit return I get the square root of 123/3. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>made exactly what you did and I get a malformed expression warning. >>>Gcalctool is 5.6.31 and I am running Fedora 4 with the Italian >>> language... >>> >>> >>> >>I tried what akonstam shows above and it works for me. >>The formula prior to pressing the enter key (= button) was "Sqrt(123/3)" >>The result was 6.403124237 which is the sqrt of 41 (as expected). >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > we have to wait for the confirmation from someone from my country. > No way to work and no doubt about your calculation but also about my > findings...I realized this bug as my son was doing some math calculation > for high school and pointed out that he couldn't get a SqrRoot (but also > absolute value is not working) > > > -- > Antonio > Let me point out that the way it works is not the way I would have created this tool. I would want when you hit Sqrt that is would take the square root of the number on the screen but it works in the way many calculators work that you need to enter the whole expression algebraically and then the calculation is made. -- Aaron Konstam Professor Emeritus, Computer Science Trinity University San Antonio, Texas 210-999-7484
