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Return real power.
Source position: math.pp line 397
function Power( |
base: Float; |
exponent: Float |
):Float; |
power raises base to the power power. This is equivalent to exp(power*ln(base)). Therefore base should be non-negative.
Any number of floating point math exceptions may be raised, if they are not masked by SetExceptionMask.
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Return integer power. |
Program Example34; { Program to demonstrate the power function. } Uses Math; procedure dopower(x,y : float); begin writeln(x:8:6,'^',y:8:6,' = ',power(x,y):8:6) end; begin dopower(2,2); dopower(2,-2); dopower(2,0.0); end.