From: Ron Fox <fox@...>
Date: 2007-10-23T02:40:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Nth Root in Ruby

def rootn(x,n)
   Math.exp(Math.log(x)/n)
end

Probably should check for X > 0 and do appropriate
special case code if not.

RF

Peter Laurens wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have tried Googling, but am finding it difficult to track down an
> answer to my question:
> 
> What's the easiest way to calculate the Nth root of a number in Ruby,
> I've looked at the Math module but this doesn't seem to include this
> functionality unless I'm missing something. Do I need to roll my own?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - N