A fast routine for computing integer powers.
Code adapted from http://mindprod.com/jgloss/power.html by Patricia Shanahan
[email protected]
Almost identical to the method Knuth gives on page 462 of The Art of Computer Programming Volume 2 Seminumerical Algorithms.
Namespace:
SingularSys.Jep.Functions
Assembly:
Jep (in Jep.dll) Version: 1.1.0.0 (1.0.0)
Syntax
Visual Basic (Declaration) |
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Public Function PowerOp ( _
l As Double, _
n As Integer _
) As Double |
Parameters
- l
- Type: System..::.Double
number to be taken to a power.
- n
- Type: System..::.Int32
power to take x to. 0 <= n <= Integer.MAX_VALUE Negative numbers will be treated as unsigned positives.
Return Value
x to the power n
See Also