power.json

{
    "id": "power",
    "summary": "Exponentiation",
    "description": "Computes the exponentiation for the base `base` raised to the power of `p`.\n\nThe no-data value `null` is passed through and therefore gets propagated if any of the arguments is `null`.",
    "categories": [
        "math",
        "math > exponential & logarithmic"
    ],
    "parameters": [
        {
            "name": "base",
            "description": "The numerical base.",
            "schema": {
                "type": [
                    "number",
                    "null"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "p",
            "description": "The numerical exponent.",
            "schema": {
                "type": [
                    "number",
                    "null"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "returns": {
        "description": "The computed value for `base` raised to the power of `p`.",
        "schema": {
            "type": [
                "number",
                "null"
            ]
        }
    },
    "examples": [
        {
            "arguments": {
                "base": 0,
                "p": 2
            },
            "returns": 0
        },
        {
            "arguments": {
                "base": 2.5,
                "p": 0
            },
            "returns": 1
        },
        {
            "arguments": {
                "base": 3,
                "p": 3
            },
            "returns": 27
        },
        {
            "arguments": {
                "base": 5,
                "p": -1
            },
            "returns": 0.2
        },
        {
            "arguments": {
                "base": 1,
                "p": 0.5
            },
            "returns": 1
        },
        {
            "arguments": {
                "base": 1,
                "p": null
            },
            "returns": null
        },
        {
            "arguments": {
                "base": null,
                "p": 2
            },
            "returns": null
        }
    ],
    "links": [
        {
            "rel": "about",
            "href": "http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Power.html",
            "title": "Power explained by Wolfram MathWorld"
        }
    ]
}