docs-v2/content/flux/v0/stdlib/math/pow.md

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math.pow() function	`math.pow()` returns `x**y`, the base-x exponential of `y`.	flux_v0_ref name parent identifier math.pow math math/pow	101

math.pow() returns x**y, the base-x exponential of y.

Function type signature

(x: float, y: float) => float

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Parameters

x

({{< req >}}) Base value to operate on.

y

({{< req >}}) Exponent value.

Examples

• Return the base-x exponential of a value
• Use math.pow in map

Return the base-x exponential of a value

import "math"

math.pow(x: 2.0, y: 3.0)// 8.0

Use math.pow in map

import "math"

data
    |> map(fn: (r) => ({_time: r._time, _value: math.pow(x: r.t1, y: r.t2)}))

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Input data

_time	t1	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	-2.18	19.85
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z	10.92	4.97
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	7.35	-3.75
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z	17.53	19.77
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z	15.23	13.86
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z	4.43	1.86

Output data

_time	_value
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	NaN
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z	144532.83209763622
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	0.0005641862251143407
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z	3886587782891166000000000
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z	24672926229934220
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z	15.933490684011332

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