Name

exp — calculate exponent

Synopsis

exp ( in x double precision );

Description

The function raises e to the power of x , it works with double precision floating point numbers, converts its argument to an IEEE 64-bit float and returns a result of that type.

Parameters

x

double precision

Return Values

exp returns a IEEE 64-bit float .

Examples

Example24.107.Simple Examples

SQL> select concat ('the EXP of 0.513513 is: ', cast (exp (0.513513) as varchar));
callret
VARCHAR
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the EXP of 0.513513 is: 1.671152

1 Rows. -- 3 msec.


See Also

log , log10 , power , sqrt ,