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instance method

BigDecimal#**

self ** other → bigdecimal

ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.c View on GitHub ↗

static VALUE
BigDecimal_power_op(VALUE self, VALUE exp)
{
    return BigDecimal_power(1, &exp, self);
}

Returns the BigDecimal value of self raised to power other:

Example

b = BigDecimal('3.14')
b ** 2              # => 0.98596e1
b ** 2.0            # => 0.98596e1
b ** Rational(2, 1) # => 0.98596e1

See also #* #+ #% #+@ also in 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0