Computes a value raised to the power of another value.

#include <math.h>

double pow (double x, double y);

Parameters

x

Number to be raised.

y

Power to raise x to.

Remarks

pow does not recognize integral double values greater than 2 to the 64th power, such as 1.0E100.

Return Values

The value of 'x' raised to the power of 'y'.

1 if x is not 0.0 and y is 0.0.

0, and the function sets errno to EDOM if x is 0.0 and y is negative.

0, and the function sets errno to EDOM and prints a DOMAIN error message to stderr if both x and y are 0.0, or if x is negative and y is not an integer.

+/-HUGE_VAL, and sets errno to ERANGE if an overflow results. No message is printed on overflow or underflow.

This function does not return standard ANSI domain or range errors.

Requirements

See Also

exp, log, sqrt