Description

Exponentiation of a dimensionless quantity.

Type

NUMERIC

Arguments

Type

Meaning

1

NUMERIC

the operand

2

NUMERIC

the exponent

Evaluation

Returns the result of exponentiating the operand to the power given by the exponent. The return value is dimensionless (has no units).

Comments

The exponent is not restricted to being an integer (as with the "^" operator), but it is an error for the operand to have units.