how to raise something to a power?

[j2graves]

Hey, I need to know how to raise something to a power in GE.

[SuperSonic]

Use the carrot oporator (^)
For example, to raise 2 to the fourth power, you can do this:
2^4
It also works with variables:
x^4
Hope that helped

[j2graves]

Thanks! +1

[SuperSonic]

Thanks! +1

Thank you^^

[skydereign]

You have to use the pow function. ^ is the bitwise exclusive or operator (something you most likely won't use, and will not have the same effect).

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int value = pow(5,2); // = 25

[SuperSonic]

@Sky: I thought that the ^ worked in c++

[skydereign]

You can definitely overwrite ^ to do exponents, but by default it should be set to bitwise xor. Also, since C++ and C should be compatible in most cases, switching the use of ^ by default would have been a bad idea.

[SuperSonic]

You can definitely overwrite ^ to do exponents, but by default it should be set to bitwise xor. Also, since C++ and C should be compatible in most cases, switching the use of ^ by default would have been a bad idea.

Ok, thanks for explaining that to me

[j2graves]

thanks Sky! + 1