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NAME            pow -- floating exponentiation x^y
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SYNOPSIS        movf    x,fr0
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movf    y,fr1
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jsr     pc,pow
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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            --