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NAME

        pow, powf, powl - power functions

SYNOPSIS

        #include <math.h>
 
        double pow(double x, double y);
        float powf(float x, float y);
        long double powl(long double x, long double y);
 
        Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION

        The pow() function  returns the value of x raised to the power of y.

ERRORS

        The pow() function can return the following error:
 
        EDOM   The argument x is negative and y is not an integral value.  This
               would result in a complex number.
        SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.  The float and long double variants are C99 require‐
        ments.
        cbrt(3), cpow(3), sqrt(3)
 
                                   2002-07-27                            POW(3)