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Author Re: pow(x,y) function
Robert Stearns

2004-09-21, 8:55 am

For positive x, pow(x,y) = exp(y*ln(x))

Vikas Agnihotri wrote:
> gawk 3.1.0 on Solaris 8
>
> I was surprised that there is no built-in pow(x,y) function.
>
> Can someone help me write one? If I remember my high school math right,
> there is a way to write pow(x,y) using the builtin log/exp functions?
>
> Help? Thanks

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