pow

Commentary

added in 0.6.12

Raises base to the power of exp. You can also use this function through an infix math expression.

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Examples

Raising literal numbers

Use literal numbers to perform a static calculation.

{
    "_gen": "pow",
    "base": 5,
    "exp": 2
}

[
    25
]

Raising function calls

Optionally, use function calls that return numbers to perform dynamic calculations.

{
    "_gen": "pow",
    "base": {
        "_gen": "normalDistribution",
        "mean": 5,
        "sd": 2
    },
    "exp": {
        "_gen": "uniformDistribution",
        "bounds": [
            3,
            5
        ]
    }
}

[
    6.430995033085899,
    1995.2096976703597,
    190.03044081053156,
    6.754363827562182,
    675.3631068552453
]

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Specification

JSON schema

{
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "base": {
            "oneOf": [
                {
                    "type": "number"
                },
                {
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                        "_gen": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "required": [
                        "_gen"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        "exp": {
            "oneOf": [
                {
                    "type": "number"
                },
                {
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                        "_gen": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "required": [
                        "_gen"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "required": [
        "base",
        "exp"
    ]
}