The POWER (**) operator raises a number to the power of another: it multiplies a value by itself as many times as the exponent indicates. It returns a number.
Syntax
value1 ** exponentValue
Examples
Raise a number to the cube
2 is multiplied by itself 3 times.
2 ** 3
Result: 8 (2 to the power of 3 = 8).
Another example
5 ** 2 returns 25, because 5 is multiplied by itself twice.
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A power is a repeated multiplication: discover the base operator.
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