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Syntax:

POWER(x, y)

Description:

Returns x raised to the y-th power.

x is the base.

y is the exponent.

Annotation:

The ^ operator does exactly the same:

POWER(x, y) is equivalent to x^y.

Example:

POWER(2, 4) is equivalent to 2^4, which equals 16

See also:

LOG, LN, EXP, SERIESSUM, SQRT, ROOTN, section Operators in formulas