math cbrt

For math.

Returns the real-valued cube root of the input number.

Command Type

built-in

Signature

> math cbrt {flags} ...rest

Parameters

  • ...rest: The cell-paths/columns to operate on.

Input/output types:

input output
number float
list<number> list<float>
range list<number>
record record

Examples

Compute the cube root of each number in a list.

> [8 -27] | math cbrt
╭───┬───────╮
│ 0 │  2.00 │
│ 1 │ -3.00 │
╰───┴───────╯

Compute the cube root of list-valued columns in a record.

> {alice: [8 27 64], bob: [125 216]} | math cbrt
╭───────┬──────────────╮
│       │ ╭───┬──────╮ │
│ alice │ │ 0 │ 2.00 │ │
│       │ │ 1 │ 3.00 │ │
│       │ │ 2 │ 4.00 │ │
│       │ ╰───┴──────╯ │
│       │ ╭───┬──────╮ │
│ bob   │ │ 0 │ 5.00 │ │
│       │ │ 1 │ 6.00 │ │
│       │ ╰───┴──────╯ │
╰───────┴──────────────╯

Compute the cube root of a single column using a cell path.

> {alice: [8 27 64], bob: [125 216]} | math cbrt alice
╭───────┬──────────────╮
│       │ ╭───┬──────╮ │
│ alice │ │ 0 │ 2.00 │ │
│       │ │ 1 │ 3.00 │ │
│       │ │ 2 │ 4.00 │ │
│       │ ╰───┴──────╯ │
│       │ ╭───┬─────╮  │
│ bob   │ │ 0 │ 125 │  │
│       │ │ 1 │ 216 │  │
│       │ ╰───┴─────╯  │
╰───────┴──────────────╯

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