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commit 8b2a9c64b866c0978f37f8847ac46b527896268c
Author: Pierre F <f...@bger.ch>
AuthorDate: Thu Aug 1 10:42:04 2024 +0200
Commit: Adolfo Jayme Barrientos <fit...@ubuntu.com>
CommitDate: Fri Aug 2 00:34:25 2024 +0200
POWER(). tdf#121398
Change-Id: Ie652aa1adf1efde0eabb63bfc5d7e75f9b3ae0f2
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/help/+/171350
Tested-by: Jenkins
Reviewed-by: Adolfo Jayme Barrientos <fit...@ubuntu.com>
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<embed href="text/scalc/01/common_func.xhp#sectionsyntax"/>
<paragraph id="par_id3159526" role="code">POWER(Base; Exponent)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3159540" role="paragraph">Returns <emph>Base</emph>
raised to the power of <emph>Exponent</emph>.</paragraph>
-<paragraph id="par_id5081637" role="paragraph">The same result may be achieved
by using the exponentiation operator ^:</paragraph>
-<paragraph id="par_id9759514" role="code"><item
type="literal">Base^Exponent</item></paragraph>
-<note id="par_id241599040594931"><literal>=POWER(0,0)</literal> returns
1.</note>
+<paragraph id="par_id5081637" role="paragraph">The same result may be achieved
by using the exponentiation operator ^:
<literal>Base^Exponent</literal></paragraph>
+<note id="par_id241599040594931"><literal>=POWER(0,0)</literal> returns 1;
<literal>=POWER(0,X)</literal> reports the #NUM! error when exponent X is
negative.</note>
+<warning id="par_id241599040594900"><literal>=POWER(B,X)</literal> may or may
not report a #NUM! error when B is negative and X is not an integer.</warning>
<embed href="text/scalc/01/common_func.xhp#sectionexample"/>
-<paragraph id="par_id3159594" role="paragraph"><item
type="input">=POWER(4;3)</item> returns 64, which is 4 to the power of
3.</paragraph>
-<paragraph id="par_id1614429" role="paragraph">=4^3 also returns 4 to the
power of 3.</paragraph><comment>see also EXP, LOG, SQRT</comment>
+<paragraph id="par_id3159594" role="paragraph"><input>=POWER(4;3)</input>
returns 64, which is 4 to the power of 3.</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id1614429" role="paragraph"><input>=4^3</input> also
returns 4 to the power of 3.</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id1614444" role="paragraph"><input>=POWER(2;-3)</input>
returns 0.125.</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id1614455" role="paragraph"><input>=POWER(-2;1/3)</input>
returns -1.25992104989487.</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id1614466" role="paragraph"><input>=POWER(-2;2/3)</input>
returns the #NUM! error.</paragraph>
+
+<comment>see also EXP, LOG, SQRT</comment>
</section>
<section id="Section27">
