pow
Syntax
pow(X, Y)
Alias: power
Arguments
X and Y is a scalar/vector/matrix.
Details
Raise all elements of X to the power of Y.
Please note that the data type of the result is always DOUBLE, even if both X and Y are integers.
Examples
x=1 2 3;
pow(x,3);
// output
[1,8,27]
pow(3,x);
// output
[3,9,27]
y=4.5 5.5 6.5;
pow(x,y);
// output
[1,45.254834,1262.665039]
pow(y,x);
// output
[4.5,30.25,274.625]
m=1..10$2:5;
m;
#0 | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
typestr(pow(3,4));
// output
DOUBLE