GNU/Linux |
CentOS 4.8 |
i386 |
powf(3) |
pow, powf, powl − power functions
#include <math.h>
double pow(double x, double y);
float powf(float x, float y);
long double powl(long double x, long double y);
The pow() function returns the value of x raised to the power of y.
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. |
SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899. The float and the long double variants are C99 requirements.
sqrt(3), cbrt(3)
powf(3) |