[rrd-users] Re: Quick RPN question... (Square root in RPN?)

[Alex van den Bogaerdt]

On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 11:07:40AM +0100, Simon Mullis wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Am I right in thinking there is no easy way to do a square root in RPN?

Isn't a square root the same as exp(log(x)/2) ?

CDEF:y=x,LOG,2,/,EXP

Not sure,never tried it, just try it yourself.

HTH
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