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dpower

Library: fbudf

Added in: 1.0 (Win), 1.5 (Linux)

Better alternative: Internal function POWER()

Description: Returns x to the y'th power.

Result type: DOUBLE PRECISION

Syntax: 

dpower (x, y)

Declaration: 

DECLARE EXTERNAL FUNCTION dPower
   DOUBLE PRECISION BY DESCRIPTOR, DOUBLE PRECISION BY DESCRIPTOR,
   DOUBLE PRECISION BY DESCRIPTOR
   RETURNS PARAMETER 3
   ENTRY_POINT 'power' MODULE_NAME 'fbudf'
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