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AWK - Exponential Operators
There are two formats of exponential operators −
Exponential Format 1
It is an exponential operator that raises the value of an operand. For instance, the following example raises the value of 10 by 2.
Example
[jerry]$ awk 'BEGIN { a = 10; a = a ^ 2; print "a =", a }'
On executing this code, you get the following result −
Output
a = 100
Exponential Format 2
It is an exponential operator that raises the value of an operand. For instance, the following example raises the value of 10 by 2.
Example
[jerry]$ awk 'BEGIN { a = 10; a = a**2; print "a =", a }'
On executing this code, you get the following result
Output
a = 100
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