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<li>If <var class="term">x</var> equals 0, and |<var class="term">y</var>| is less | <li>If <var class="term">x</var> equals 0, and |<var class="term">y</var>| is less | ||
than or equal to 0, an error message is printed and the request is cancelled.</li> | than or equal to 0, an error message is printed and the request is cancelled.</li> | ||
<li>If the result exceeds 7.237 x 10< | <li>If the result exceeds 7.237 x 10<sup>75</sup>, an arithmetic overflow occurs, and $rxpi returns the value 0.</li> | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
Revision as of 14:18, 21 December 2017
Real base raised to integer exponent
Note: Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is currently no direct OO equivalent for the $RxpI function.
The $RxpI function returns the value of its first argument raised to the power of its second argument. The second argument is initially rounded to the nearest integral value.
Syntax
%num = $RxpI(x, y)
Usage notes
- Omitted arguments are set to 0.
- If x equals 0, and |y| is less than or equal to 0, an error message is printed and the request is cancelled.
- If the result exceeds 7.237 x 1075, an arithmetic overflow occurs, and $rxpi returns the value 0.
Examples
$rxpi(2, 3) = 23 = 8 $rxpi(.5, 1.4) = $rxpi(.5, 1) = .5