Power()

Description

FUNCTION: power(number, power)

Returns the result of raising number to the powerth power. number may not be negative. number and power may be floating point numbers, and a floating point result is returned.

Related Topics: exp(), ln(), log(), sqrt()

Examples

> say power(2,3)

You say "8"

> say power(9, 0.5)

You say "3"

> say power(100,pi())

You say "1919487.5835776979"

> say power(5, 0)

You say "1"

> say power(0, 0)

You say "1"

> say power(2,-3)

You say "0.125"

> say power(0,-1)

You say "+Inf"

(--Soylent 01:36, 3 December 2005 (EST))