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ES7 / ES2016 / ECMAScript 2016 - Exponentiation operator (**) example
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In this article, we would like to show you how to use Exponentiation Operator (**) that has been introduced in ECMAScript 2016.
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console.log( 1 ** 2 ); // 12
console.log( 2 ** 2 ); // 43
console.log( 3 ** 2 ); // 94
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console.log( 0 ** 3 ); // 06
console.log( 0.5 ** 0.3 ); // 0.81225239635623567
console.log( (-1) ** 4 ); // 18
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console.log( 0 ** -0.4 ); // Infinity10
console.log( (-0.5) ** -2 ); // 411
console.log( (-2.0) ** -2 ); // 0.2512
console.log( (-2.0) ** 0.5 ); // NaNNote:
For negative literal base values we need to use brackets becase of the syntax error, e.g.
(-2.0) ** 0.5- correct syntax-2.0 ** 0.5- incorrect syntax
