DecimalMath.Pow Method

public static decimal Pow(
	decimal value,
	decimal exponent
)

Public Shared Function Pow ( 
	value As Decimal,
	exponent As Decimal
) As Decimal

public:
static Decimal Pow(
	Decimal value, 
	Decimal exponent
)

static member Pow : 
        value : decimal * 
        exponent : decimal -> decimal 

Parameters

value  Decimal

A decimal value to be raised to a power.

exponent  Decimal

A decimal value that specifies a power.

Return Value

public static decimal Pow(
	decimal value,
	int exponent
)

Public Shared Function Pow ( 
	value As Decimal,
	exponent As Integer
) As Decimal

public:
static Decimal Pow(
	Decimal value, 
	int exponent
)

static member Pow : 
        value : decimal * 
        exponent : int -> decimal 

Parameters

value  Decimal

A real number.

exponent  Int32

An integer exponent.

Return Value

Raising a number to an integer power is orders of magnitude faster than raising a number to a real power. If you know the exponent is an integer, use this method instead of the Pow(Double, Double) method of Math.

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