Editors Note: Bug http://wiki.neurohack.com/transcendence/trac/ticket/64 has been fixed, or no longer causes a crash at least. (Star Weaver Dec-2010)
| Functions Documentation | |
| Name | power |
| Syntax | (power base exponent) |
| Argument List | base: x in x^y exponent: y in x^y |
| Returns | number: base raised to the exponent power: base^exponent |
| Category | math, 0.99 |
| Description | Returns the the first argument raised to the second argument. |
| Example |
In the debug console:
(power 5 2) 25 |
| Comment | If exponent is a negative number, the result will always be zero, as they produce fractions and there is no floating point support. There is presently a bug wherein raising something to the 0th power returns zero instead of one; see: http://wiki.neurohack.com/transcendence/trac/ticket/537 |