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# Python Number pow() Function

## Description:

This function returns the value of x**y.

## Syntax:

    import math

    math.pow( x, y )

Note: This function is not accessible directly so we need to import math module and then we need to call this function using math static object.

## Parameters:

Here is the detail of parameters:

- x: This is a numeric expression.

- y: This is also a numeric expression.

## Return Value:

The value of x**y.

## Example:

    #!/usr/bin/python
    import math   # This will import math module

    print "math.pow(100, 2) : ", math.pow(100, 2)
    print "math.pow(100, -2) : ", math.pow(100, -2)
    print "math.pow(2, 4) : ", math.pow(2, 4)
    print "math.pow(3, 0) : ", math.pow(3, 0)

This will produce following result:

    math.pow(100, 2) :  10000.0
    math.pow(100, -2) :  0.0001
    math.pow(2, 4) :  16.0
    math.pow(3, 0) :  1.0

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