pow
Syntax
pow(X, Y)
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);
[1,8,27]
$ pow(3,x);
[3,9,27]
$ y=4.5 5.5 6.5;
$ pow(x,y);
[1,45.254834,1262.665039]
$ pow(y,x);
[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));
DOUBLE