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page_title: pow function reference
description: The `pow` function raises a number to a power. 
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# `pow` Function

`pow` calculates an exponent, by raising its first argument to the power of the second argument.

## Examples

```shell-session
> pow(3, 2)
9
> pow(4, 0)
1
```