ee.Number.pow

  • The Number.pow(right) method raises the left-hand number to the power of the right-hand number.

  • This method takes two Number type arguments: left as the base and right as the exponent.

  • The result of the Number.pow(right) method is a Number.

 Raises the first value to the power of the second.

UsageReturns
Number.pow(right)Number
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: leftNumberThe left-hand value.
rightNumberThe right-hand value.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

print('5 ** 2', ee.Number(5).pow(ee.Number(2)));  // 25
print('-5 ** 2', ee.Number(-5).pow(ee.Number(2)));  // 25
print('5 ** -2', ee.Number(5).pow(ee.Number(-2)));  // 0.04
print('5 ** 2.2', ee.Number(5).pow(ee.Number(2.2)));  // 34.493241536
print('5.2 ** 2', ee.Number(5.2).pow(ee.Number(2)));  // 27.040000000

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

import ee
import geemap.core as geemap

Colab (Python)

print('5 ** 2', ee.Number(5).pow(ee.Number(2)).getInfo())  # 25
print('-5 ** 2', ee.Number(-5).pow(ee.Number(2)).getInfo())  # 25
print('5 ** -2', ee.Number(5).pow(ee.Number(-2)).getInfo())  # 0.04
print('5 ** 2.2', ee.Number(5).pow(ee.Number(2.2)).getInfo())  # 34.493241536
print('5.2 ** 2', ee.Number(5.2).pow(ee.Number(2)).getInfo())  # 27.040000000