POW Function

Raises a number to the specified power.

Category: Mathematical
Returned data type: Real

Syntax

POW(x, y)

Required Arguments

x

specifies a value that has a data type of real and indicates the base number to raise; this can be specified as a numeric constant, field name, or expression

y

specifies a value that has data type of real and indicates the power to raise to; this can be specified as a numeric constant, field name, or expression

Details

The POW function raises x to the power y (xy).

Example

Statements Results
x = pow(5,2) // outputs 25
x = pow(5,-2) // outputs 0.04
x = pow(16,0.5) // outputs 4