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Power

Declaration:
Function Power (base,expon : Real) : Real;
Description:

Power returns the value of base to the power expon. Base and expon can be of type Longint, in which case the result will also be a Longint.

The function actually returns Exp(expon*Ln(base))

Errors:
None.
See also:
Exp (493), Ln (528)

Listing: refex/ex78.pp

Program Example78;

{ Program to demonstrate the Power function. }

begin
  Writeln (Power(exp(1.0),1.0):8:2); { Should print 2.72 }
end.

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