^ Operator

Description

Used to raise a number to the power of an exponent.

Syntax

result = number^exponent

The ^ operator syntax has these parts:

Remarks

Number can be negative only if exponent is an integer value. When more than one exponentiation is performed in a single expression, the ^ operator is evaluated as it is encountered from left to right.

Usually, the data type of result is a Double or a Variant containing a Double. However, if either number or exponent is a Null expression, result is also a Null.

See Also

Operator Precedence.

Example

This example uses the ^ operator to raise a number to the power of an exponent.

MyValue = 2 ^ 2    ' Returns 4.
MyValue = 3 ^ 3 ^ 3    ' Returns 19683.
MyValue = (-5) ^ 3    ' Returns -125.