pow - OpenGL ES 3.1 Reference Pages

## Name

pow — return the value of the first parameter raised to the power of the second

## Declaration

`genType pow(` | genType x,
| genType y`)`;

## Parameters

`x`

  Specify the value to raise to the power `y`.

`y`

  Specify the power to which to raise `x`.

## Description

`pow` returns the value of $x$ raised to the $y$ power, i.e. $x^y$. The result is undefined if $x < 0$ or if $x = 0$ and $y \leq 0$.

## Version Support

| OpenGL ES Shading Language Version
--- | ---
Function Name | 1.00 | 3.00 | 3.10
pow | ✔ | ✔ | ✔

## See Also

exp

## Copyright

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