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power()

Overview

The power() function takes baseNumber and powerNumber as arguments. It returns the baseNumber raised to the power of powerNumber.

Return Type

  • Decimal

Syntax

  1. <variable> = <baseNumber>.power( <powerNumber> );

(OR)

  1. <variable> = power(<baseNumber>, <powerNumber>);
ParameterDescriptionData type
<variable>Variable which will contain the returned value.DECIMAL
<baseNumber>Value to be raised to powerNumber.NUMBER or DECIMAL
<powerNumber>The power to which the baseNumber will be raised.NUMBER or DECIMAL

Examples

  1. numOne = 3;
  2. numTwo = 2;
  3. newValue = numOne.power(numTwo);       // returns 9