pow

pow

description

Returns the value of the first argument raised to the power of the second argument.

tip

The other aliases for this function are power, fpow and dpow.

Syntax

DOUBLE pow(DOUBLE a, DOUBLE b) Returns a raised to the b power.

example

mysql> select pow(2,0);
+---------------+
| pow(2.0, 0.0) |
+---------------+
|             1 |
+---------------+
mysql> select pow(2,3);
+---------------+
| pow(2.0, 3.0) |
+---------------+
|             8 |
+---------------+
mysql> select pow(3,2.4);
+--------------------+
| pow(3.0, 2.4)      |
+--------------------+
| 13.966610165238235 |
+--------------------+

keywords

POW, POWER, FPOW, DPOW