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On Sun, Nov 5, 1995, 6:47:12 PM GMT Andrew Warren wrote:


Try shifting the number, this works only for powers fo 2.

2^2 = 4
2<<1 = 4

2<<4 = 16




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>Gerry Smith <LIUKB@KIRK.NORTHERNC.ON.CA> wrote:
>
>>How can I calculate the exponent of a number?  (eg. 2^2=4)  Any help will
>>be greatly appreciated.
>
>Depends, Gerry... Will you always be squaring the number, or raising 2 to
>some power, or do you need a way to do generalized x^y calculations?  What's
>the range of your x's and y's?
>
>-Andy
>
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