There is a `pow` function in core.matrix, that computes powers over whole 
arrays at the same time.

Tests / patches to improve this always welcome.

On Tuesday, 3 June 2008 16:55:15 UTC+8, Jon wrote:
>
> As I could not find a ** function in boot.clj, I wrote this one: 
>
> (defn ** 
>         "nth power of x" 
>         [x n] 
>         (if (== n 0) 
>                 1 
>                 (* (if (bit-test n 0) x 1) 
>                         (** (* x x) (bit-shift-right n 1)) ) ) ) 
>
> In my opinion, it has one weakness: It loops forever when n<0, like in 
> (** 2 -3). The reason is that (bit-shift-right -1 1) returns -1. 
> If anybody knows a faster/better Clojure power function, let me 
> know. ;-) 
>
> /Jon

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