Dear scott,
yes it should be possible, if you use the data type complex
Example:
program cNum
complex a
a = sqrt((-1,0))
write (*,*) a
pause
end
Should give you the output (0.0000000,1.0000000)
Best regards,
Hermann Schranzhofer.
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Scott Schollenberger [mailto:scott.schollenberger@gmail.com]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. November 2010 01:29
> An: trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu
> Betreff: [TRNSYS-users] complex square root
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> Is it possible to take the square root of a negative number in Fortran 77?
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