.. _arduino-pow:

pow(base, exponent)
===================

Calculates the value of a number raised to a power.

Library Documentation
---------------------

.. doxygenfunction:: pow

Example
-------

``pow()`` can be used to raise a number to a fractional power.  This
is useful for e.g.  generating exponential mapping of values or
curves.  See the `fscale <http://arduino.cc/playground/main/fscale>`_
function in the Arduino playground for more on this.

See Also
--------

-  :ref:`sqrt() <arduino-sqrt>`
-  :ref:`float <arduino-float>`
-  :ref:`double <arduino-double>`


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