Ulrich Wieczorek wrote: > Sascha, > > this is because y = x ** p is calculated as y = e ** (log(x) * p). > You would have to calculate the logarithm of a negative number, which > isn't defined. Haha, how come I knew you would answer? :) Yea, seems I've missed that in school (among several other things...:). Have a nice weekend, -- Sascha Wildner erpicon Software Development GmbH Neusser Str. 724-726 50737 Köln Germany Phone: +49 221 9746089 Fax: +49 221 9746099 eMail: swildner@xxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave