(Engine-Level Function)
| Description: | Returns a number raised to a power. |
| Returns: | Numeric |
Usage:  |
Script or steady state. |
| Function Groups: | Generic Math |
| Related to: | Exp | Ln | Log |
| Format: |
Pow(X, Exponent) |
| Parameters: |
| X |
| Required. Any numeric expression giving the number to be raised to the power of Exponent. |
| Exponent |
| Required. Any numeric expression giving the number to which X should be raised. |
| Comments: | This function may be used to perform the common antilogarithm by using 10 for X. The return value is invalid if X is less than or equal to 0 and Exponent is not a numeric. |
This function does calculations with double-precision floating point values and does not support 64-bit integers computations.
Rather than using something like "And(X, Pow(2, 63))" to get the top bit in a 64-bit integer, use the SetBit function.
Examples:
r = Pow( 2, 4); s = Pow(10, 2); t = Pow(64, 0.5);
The values of r, s, and t will be 16, 100, and 8 respectively.
