Skip to content

power - Raise a value to a given exponent

The power function simulates raising a number to the power of an exponent.

Syntax

power(number: number, exponent: number): number

Arguments

NameTypeRequiredDescription
numbernumbertrueThe number to raise to the exponent, otherwise known as the base
exponentnumbertrueThe exponent to which the base shall be raised, for example 2 is the equivalent of squaring our base

Example - Basic usage

If we have a numeric value, num and we wish to square it, we can do so with the following command:

create num_squared from power(num, 2)

We could also write this as a function of num:

create num_square from num.power(2)