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.he 'POW (III)'1/15/73'POW (III)'
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NAME		pow -- floating exponentiation x^y
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SYNOPSIS	movf	x,fr0
.br
movf	y,fr1
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jsr	pc,pow
.br
movf	fr0,...
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DESCRIPTION	The
value of x^y (i.e. x\uy\d) is returned in fr0.

0^x returns zero for all x.

(-x)^y returns a result only if y is an integer.

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FILES		kept in /lib/liba.a
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SEE ALSO	exp(III), log(III)
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DIAGNOSTICS	The
carry bit is set on return in case of overflow or in case of
0^0 or
(-x)^y for y non-integer.
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BUGS		--

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