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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">"^" Operator [Runtime]</title>
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34<bookmark_value>"^" operator (mathematical)</bookmark_value>
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36<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145315" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03070500.xhp">"^" Operator [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
37<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149670" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Raises a number to a power.</paragraph>
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39<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147264" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph>
40<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149656" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Result = Expression ^ Exponent</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151211" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Parameters:</paragraph>
42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153192" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Result:</emph> Any numerical expression that contains the result of the number raised to a power.</paragraph>
43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150448" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Expression:</emph> Numerical value that you want to raise to a power.</paragraph>
44<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156422" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Exponent:</emph> The value of the power that you want to raise the expression to.</paragraph>
45<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147287" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Example:</paragraph>
46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153770" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Sub Example</paragraph>
47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152886" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Print ( 12.345 ^ 23 )</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Print Exp ( 23 * Log( 12.345 ) ) REM Raises by forming a logarithm</paragraph>
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