pow

NAME

pow, powf, powl - power functions

SYNOPSIS

#include <math.h>
 I double pow(double  x , double  y );

I float powf(float x , float y );
I long double powl(long double x , long double y );
Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION

The R pow () function returns the value of x raised to the power of y.

ERRORS

The R pow () function can return the following error:
EDOM
The argument x is negative and y is not an integral value. This would result in a complex number.

CONFORMING TO

SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89. The float and long double variants are C99 requirements.

SEE ALSO

cbrt(3), cpow(3), sqrt(3)