Exponentiation

[Tom Finn]

I am trying to reproduce this function in another program
and am looking for an explanation of it and what it does.
Thanks Tom Finn

 

[Dave Peterson]

You mean like:

=3^5

The 5 is the exponent and it means to use the base (3) as a factor 5 times:

=3*3*3*3*3
=243

If you mean
=exp(3)
this means to use 2.718... as a a factor 3 time:

=2.718^3

You can look at excel's help for Power (=3^5 can be written as =power(3,5), too)
and you'll find some info for =exp() in help, too.

 

[RAC]

Tom,

Exponents can also be expressed as =3^5. That's "3, shift 6, 5".

RAC