C# : Power Operator not available

Question

Do we have predefined Power Operator in C#?

When I try with ^ Operator, It is taking exclusive-or operation.

Is there any way to include the Pow Operator other than Math Library?

Power of this multiplication for n times. If you don't want to use Math write one yourself. — Nathan Cooper, May 21 '14 at 09:53
@Rik Indeed. That's pretty much the crux of the question isn't it? My comment to Nathan is to point out that repeated multiplication only works for integer exponents. — David Heffernan, May 21 '14 at 09:57
@David Heffernan. Yes good point, but I'm not going to ask someone to self-implement ^ for Doubles (int is easy, I think it's a two line recursive method, doubles would be a series expansion) Use Math. — Nathan Cooper, May 21 '14 at 09:58

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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There is no built in power operator similar to that found in Fortran, Python etc.

For floating operands you should use Math.Pow.
For efficient exponentiation of integer operands there is nothing included in the framework. Instead you can roll your own. For example: How do you do *integer* exponentiation in C#?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered May 21 '14 at 09:52

David Heffernan

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