syntax:

Math.pow(x, y)

where:

x - The number which will be raised to the power of Y

y - The number which X will be raised to

return:

number - the value of x to the power of y.

description:

If the result of Math.pow() is an imaginary or complex number, NaN will be returned. Please note that if Math.pow() unexpectedly returns infinity, it may be because the floating-point value has experienced overflow.

example:

//x to the power of y is returned 

//in the following function:

function compute_x_to_power_of_y(x, y)

{

   return Math.pow(x, y)

}

//If the result of Math.pow is 

//an imaginary or complex number,

//the return is NaN

//If y is NaN, the result is NaN

//If y is +0 or -0, the result is 1, 

//even if x is NaN

//If x = 2 and y = 3 the return value is 8