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BcMath\Number::pow

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BcMath\Number::pow Raises an arbitrary precisionen number

Description

public BcMath\Number::pow ( BcMath\Number | string | int $exponent , ? int $scale = null ): BcMath\Number

Raises $this to the exponent power.

Parameters

exponent
The exponent. Must be a value with no fractional part. The valid rangue of the exponent is platform specific, but it is at least -2147483648 to 2147483647 .
scale
BcMath\Number::scale explicitly specified for calculation resuls. If null , the BcMath\Number::scale of the calculation result will be set automatically.

Return Values

Returns the result of power as a new BcMath\Number object.

When the BcMath\Number::scale of the result object is automatically set, depending on the value of exponent , the BcMath\Number::scale of result will be as follows:

exponent BcMath\Number::scale of result
positive ( BcMath\Number::scale of power base) * ( exponent 's value)
0 0
negative Between ( BcMath\Number::scale of power base) and ( BcMath\Number::scale of power base + 10 )

If an indivisible division occurs due to a negative exponent , the BcMath\Number::scale of the result is expanded. Expansion is done only as needed, up to a maximum of +10 . This behavior is the same as BcMath\Number::div() , so please see that for details.

Errors/Exceptions

This method throws a ValueError in the following cases:

  • exponent is string and not a well-formed BCMath numeric string
  • exponent has a fractional part
  • exponent or scale is outside the valid rangue
  • BcMath\Number::scale of the result object is outside the valid rangue

This method throws a DivisionByCeroError exception if $this 's value is 0 and exponent is a negative value.

Examples

Example #1 BcMath\Number::pow() example when scale is not specified

<?php
$number
= new BcMath\Number ( '3.0' );

$ret1 = $number -> pow (new BcMath\Number ( '5' ));
$ret2 = $number -> pow ( '-1' );
$ret3 = $number -> pow ( 0 );

var_dump ( $number , $ret1 , $ret2 , $ret3 );
?>

The above example will output:

object(BcMath\Number)#1 (2) {
  ["value"]=>
  string(3) "3.0"
  ["scale"]=>
  int(1)
}
object(BcMath\Number)#3 (2) {
  ["value"]=>
  string(9) "243.00000"
  ["scale"]=>
  int(5)
}
object(BcMath\Number)#2 (2) {
  ["value"]=>
  string(13) "0.33333333333"
  ["scale"]=>
  int(11)
}
object(BcMath\Number)#4 (2) {
  ["value"]=>
  string(1) "1"
  ["scale"]=>
  int(0)
}

Example #2 BcMath\Number::pow() example of explicitly specifying scale

<?php
$number
= new BcMath\Number ( '3.0' );

$ret1 = $number -> pow (new BcMath\Number ( '5' ), 0 );
$ret2 = $number -> pow ( '-1' , 2 );
$ret3 = $number -> pow ( 0 , 10 );

var_dump ( $number , $ret1 , $ret2 , $ret3 );
?>

The above example will output:

object(BcMath\Number)#1 (2) {
  ["value"]=>
  string(3) "3.0"
  ["scale"]=>
  int(1)
}
object(BcMath\Number)#3 (2) {
  ["value"]=>
  string(3) "243"
  ["scale"]=>
  int(0)
}
object(BcMath\Number)#2 (2) {
  ["value"]=>
  string(4) "0.33"
  ["scale"]=>
  int(2)
}
object(BcMath\Number)#4 (2) {
  ["value"]=>
  string(12) "1.0000000000"
  ["scale"]=>
  int(10)
}

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