Re: note 22448 added to function.pow

From: Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 18:07:27 +0000
Subject: Re: note 22448 added to function.pow
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^ is the standard operator for XOR in most languages. On 18 Jun 2002 xftp@yahoo.com wrote: > I spent more than 1 day troubleshooting a financial formula, then i found out that 2^3 = 1 in > php! not 8 i dont understand why the php developers didnt think of a standard way of doing this why > create a pow function? perl uses ** operator 2**3=8 , excel uses the ^ operator 2^3=8, and php the > pow function... pow(2,3)=8 > -- > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.pow.php > http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+22448 > http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+22448 > http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+22448 > > > -- > PHP Notes Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >

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