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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">"^" Operator [Runtime]</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145315"><bookmark_value>"^" operator (mathematical)</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145315" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03070500.xhp">"^" Operator [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149670" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Raises a number to a power.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147264" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149656" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Result = Expression ^ Exponent</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151211" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>Result:</emph> Any numerical expression that contains the result of the number raised to a power.</paragraph>
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<emph>Expression:</emph> Numerical value that you want to raise to a power.</paragraph>
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<emph>Exponent:</emph> The value of the power that you want to raise the expression to.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147287" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152886" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Print ( 12.345 ^ 23 )</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Print Exp ( 23 * Log( 12.345 ) ) REM Raises by forming a logarithm</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148618" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">End Sub</paragraph>
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