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From: eager@ringworld.Eng.Sun.COM (Michael J. Eager)
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Subject: Re: # to the nth power
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Date: 3 Nov 90 05:53:37 GMT
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In article <90305.005050CJH101@psuvm.psu.edu> CJH101@psuvm.psu.edu (Carl J. Hixon) writes:
>Why am I unable to find an opperator which
>raises a number to a power. (The fortran equivalent of x**n)  

There is no exponentiation operator.  (Real programmers use integers :-) )

Look at the pow() function.

-- Mike Eager