POW(3)

NAME
pow, powf, powl - power functions

SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>

double pow(double x, double y);
float powf(float x, float y);
long double powl(long double x, long double y);

Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION
The pow() function returns the value of x raised to the power of y.

ERRORS
The pow() function can return the following error:

EDOM
    The argument x is negative and y is not an integral value. This would result in a complex number.

CONFORMING TO
SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89. The float and long double variants are C99 requirements.

SEE ALSO
cbrt(3), cpow(3), sqrt(3)

COLOPHON
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