BOOTSTRAP (klibm) functions


LIBRARY ROUTINE

kpow - compute x to the y power.

LIBRARY CALL

double kpow(
double x,
double y)

INPUT

OUTPUT

none

RETURN VALUE

the double precision result of the input argument x raised to the power of the input argument y.

DESCRIPTION

The kpow function computes x**y, which is the value of one double precision input argument x raised to the power of another double precision input argument y.

This is provided in all POSIX and X/OPEN compliant C math libraries. Currently kpow is simply a macro to pow because Khoros does not run on any machine whose math library does not include this function. If Khoros is ported to a machine without this function then a replacement will be written.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

none

EXAMPLES

none

SIDE EFFECTS

none

RESTRICTIONS

Neither argument can be 0.

MODIFICATION

none

FILES

$BOOTSTRAP/objects/library/klibm/src/klibm.c

SEE ALSO

klibm(3)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1993 - 1997, Khoral Research, Inc. ("KRI") All rights reserved.