Top "Exponent" questions

Can someone tell me why the Haskell Prelude defines two separate functions for exponentiation (i.e. ^ and **)? I thought the …

Is there a fast way to convert numbers with exponential notation (examples: "0.5e10" or "-5e20") to decimal or double? …

C#'s Math class does roots and powers in double only. Various things may go a bit faster if I …

public static int exponent(int baseNum) { int temp = baseNum *= baseNum; return temp * exponent(baseNum); } Right now the method above does …

I am using Matlab and using numbers in scientific notation, which are represented with the letter e for the exponent. …

I'm converting code between delphi and c#. Values are stored as strings in a text file from the delphi app. …

I have a csv file with 7 fields of data. I want to sort the 7th field in reverse numerial order (…

Is it possible to set the number of digits to be used for printing the exponent of a floating-point number? …

I have a variable, tauMax, that I want to round up to the nearest power of ten(1, 10, 100, 1000...). I am using …

Possible Duplicate: The most efficient way to implement an integer based power function pow(int, int) How can I calculate …