Re: X^Y in Forms 4.5

From: Yves Raisin <ra_at_ofisa.ch>
Date: 1995/07/25
Message-ID: <DCA73L.6Ir_at_eunet.ch>#1/1

Hi paulo
Here is a simple example in PL/SQL :

SQL> run
  1 declare

  2  a number;
  3  b number;
  4  c number;

  5 begin

  6  a := 4;
  7  b := 3;
  8  c := power(a,b);

  9 dbms_output.put_line('resultat = '||to_char(c));  10* end;
resultat = 64

Procédure PL/SQL terminée avec succès.

pjn_at_novabase.pt (Paulo Jorge Cardiga Nunes) wrote:

>Hi!
>I'm trying to built a simple(?) routine to calculate a number powered to
>other. (X^Y)
>Well, it looks simple, but... Y is not an integer. I's a real!! So as
>X, but the problem is not in X, but in Y!!!
 

>I want to do it in PL/SQL and... i'm stucked!!!
 

>Some help would be apreciated.
 

>Thanks!

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