how do u take a number to the power of
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equal = (num1^num2);
i get zero for the answer when i do this with any number combos why dont it work? what is the correct way to do powers of?
thanks,
dragon
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oh yeaah, thanks! that is it lol i forgot i remember reading that in a tutorial somewhere any way thanks.
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now when i take the pow of some rather large powers, it gives me the same number but smaller pows work perfect. if u know this one let me know if not no big deal.
perhaps the resulting big-ass number doesn''t fit in your data type? i think pow() returns a double, but are you putting it in an int or something?
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ok that worked great now it says e+ some variable which is what i wanted. thanks again.
you could always do a while loop, or even better, bitwise operators if your just doing a square, or square root
You could create your own function for a little coding practice... 
Example:
Cheers,
-Jesse
| The Hitchhiker''''s Guide to Programming |
"That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die."
-H.P. Lovecraft
Example:
float ComputeExponent(float base, float exponent){ int index; float endresult = base; for(index = 0; index < exponent - 1; index++) endresult *= base; return endresult;} Cheers,
-Jesse
| The Hitchhiker''''s Guide to Programming |
"That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die."
-H.P. Lovecraft
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