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Oracle POWER() function

Description

The Oracle POWER function is used to return the value of a number raised to the power of another number. Suppose base M and the exponent is N. The base M and the exponent N can be any numbers, but if M is negative, then N must be an integer.
The function takes any numeric or nonnumeric data type (can be implicitly converted to a numeric data type) as an argument.
If the argument is BINARY_FLOAT, then the function returns BINARY_DOUBLE. Otherwise, the function returns the same numeric data type as the argument

Syntax:

POWER(M,N) 

Parameters:

Name Description
M A number which is the base of the exponentiation.
N A number which is the exponent of the exponentiation.

Pictorial Presentation of POWER() function

Pictorial Presentation of Oracle POWER() function

Example:

The statement below returns the value of 32, i.e. 9.

SELECT POWER(3, 2) FROM dual;

Here is the result.

POWER(3,2)
----------
         9

Example: POWER() function with negative value

The statement below returns the value of 4-2, i.e. 0.0625.

SELECT POWER(4,-2) from dual;

Here is the result.

POWER(4,-2)
-----------
      .0625

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