Elementary.Pow(Double, Int32) Method

public static double Pow(
	double x,
	int n
)

Public Shared Function Pow ( 
	x As Double,
	n As Integer
) As Double

public:
static double Pow(
	double x, 
	int n
)

static member Pow : 
        x : float * 
        n : int -> float 

Parameters

x  Double

A real number.

n  Int32

An integer exponent.

Return Value

Raising a number to an integer power is orders of magnitude faster than raising a number to a real power. If you know the exponent is an integer, use this method instead of the Pow(Double, Double) method of Math.

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