X root Operator help

[Steve Holden]

Michael Hoffman wrote:
> lucidparadox wrote:
>> I'm currently new to Python and I haven't been able to find the
>> operator/math function to find the square root or even the x root of a
>> number.
> 
> For square root, use math.sqrt(y)
> 
> For x root use y**(1/x)
> 
[...]

  >>> 1/3
0
  >>> 3.14159 ** (1/3)
1.0
  >>>

So the cube root of pi is 1? I don't think so.

For generic roots use y ** (1.0 / x)

until future versions of Python produce floating point results from all 
divisions as necessary.

regards
  Steve
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