Re: Calculations

At 6:26 PM +0100 6/27/06, Alex Major wrote: >Hi there list. >Thanks for your help with my other questions. > >I was carrying on working through, and stumbled across a problem when trying >to times something by the 'power' of something. By this I mean..in maths you >can write 3 * (2 ^ 3), the answer to which would be 24. (as 2 ^ 3 = 8). > >The reason that I need this, is because I'm trying to double a variable x >amount of times (x is set by another variable). > >For example my code is: > >$cost = $farm_cost * (2 ^ $farm_level); > >Any ideas how I would go about changing my calculation, as php dosn't seem >to recognise ^ meaning 'to the power of'. > >Regards, >Alex. Try: pow(2,3) //8 $cost = $farm_cost * (pow(2,$farm_level)); tedd -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com