> -Original Message-
> From: Prachi Shroff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 09:53:09AM -0400, Prachi Shroff wrote:
> Hi!
>
> This may sound as a very stupid question, but here it comes anyways. Has
> anybody come across a function that wold calculate the power of a number,
> like the pow function in C. Simply, x to the power of y.
perldoc p
> This may sound as a very stupid question, but here it
> comes anyways. Has anybody come across a function that
> would calculate the power of a number, like the pow
> function in C. Simply, x to the power of y.
Yeah... I've come across one before. I'll take this
oppertunity to gently remind yo
are you looking for the ** operator?
perldoc perlop
Exponentiation
Binary "**" is the exponentiation operator. It binds even
more tightly than unary minus, so -2**4 is -(2**4), not
(-2)**4. (This is implemented using C's pow(3) function,
which actually works on doubles
