Re: How to force numeric output
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg115604] Re: How to force numeric output
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 05:52:36 -0500 (EST)
ALL built-in symbols start with capital letters. y = 5; x = Floor[Sqrt[y + 1.0]] 2 Bobby On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:45:05 -0600, KenR <ramsey2879 at msn.com> wrote: > I am new to Mathematica and cant seem to get it to give a numeric > answer to > > input y = 5; x = floor[sqrt[y+1.0]]; x. > > instead of a numeric it gives "out floor[sqrt[6.0]]" > > what am I doing wrong? > > I have Mathematica 8.0 > > Thankyou, Kenneth Ramsey > -- DrMajorBob at yahoo.com