^ Operator

Description

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

Syntax

result = number^exponent

The ^ operator syntax has these parts

Part	Description

result	Required; any numeric variable.
number	Required; any numeric expression.
exponent	Required; any numeric expression.

Remarks

A 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 Null.

See Also

Operator precedence.

Example

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

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