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POWER (Transact-SQL)

Returns the value of the specified expression to the specified power.

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Syntax

POWER (float_expression , y )

Arguments

  • float_expression
    Is an expression of type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float.

  • y
    Is the power to which to raise float_expression. y can be an expression of the exact numeric or approximate numeric data type category, except for the bit data type.

Return Types

Same as float_expression.

Examples

A. Using POWER to show results of 0.0

The following example shows a floating point underflow that returns a result of 0.0.

SELECT POWER(2.0, -100.0);
GO

Here is the result set.

------------------------------------------
0.0

(1 row(s) affected)

B. Using POWER

The following example returns POWER results for 2.

DECLARE @value int, @counter int;
SET @value = 2;
SET @counter = 1;

WHILE @counter < 5
   BEGIN
      SELECT POWER(@value, @counter)
      SET NOCOUNT ON
      SET @counter = @counter + 1
      SET NOCOUNT OFF
   END;
GO

Here is the result set.

----------- 
2           

(1 row(s) affected)

----------- 
4           

(1 row(s) affected)

----------- 
8           

(1 row(s) affected)

----------- 
16          

(1 row(s) affected)