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<span class="pageSubtitle">Real base raised to real exponent</span> | <span class="pageSubtitle">Real base raised to real exponent</span> | ||
<p class="warning">Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented | <p class="warning">Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented | ||
methods. There is currently no direct OO equivalent for the <var>$ | methods. There is currently no direct OO equivalent for the <var>$RxpR</var> function.</p> | ||
[[Category: Mathematical $functions]] | [[Category: Mathematical $functions]] | ||
<p> | <p> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
The <var>$ | The <var>$RxpR</var> function returns the value of its first | ||
argument raised to the power of its second argument. | argument raised to the power of its second argument. | ||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
<p class="syntax"><span class="term">%num</span><span class="literal"> = $ | <p class="syntax"><span class="term">%num</span><span class="literal"> = $RxpR(</span><span class="term">x</span><span class="literal">)</span> </p> | ||
If either of the following is true, | If either of the following is true, | ||
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For example: | For example: | ||
<p class="code"> $ | <p class="code"> $rxpr(9, 2) = 9<sup>2</sup> = 81 | ||
$ | $rxpr(64, .5) = 8 | ||
$RXPR(256, .25) = 4 | $RXPR(256, .25) = 4 | ||
Revision as of 18:51, 7 January 2012
Real base raised to real exponent
Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is currently no direct OO equivalent for the $RxpR function.
The $RxpR function returns the value of its first argument raised to the power of its second argument.
Syntax
%num = $RxpR(x)
If either of the following is true, an error message is printed and a 0 is returned:
- x is less than zero.
- x equals 0, and y is less than or equal to 0.
For example:
$rxpr(9, 2) = 92 = 81 $rxpr(64, .5) = 8 $RXPR(256, .25) = 4
See the SIRFUNC EXEC parameter for an explanation of when this high-performance, high-precision version of the IBM mathematical function from the Sirius Mods is used, as opposed to the version of the $function in the Model 204 FUND or FUNDLE CSECT.