Power function in java is used to get first argument’s power to 2nd argument.
For example:
Let’s say you want to calculate 2 to the power 4.
That will be 2*2*2*2=16
In java, you can do it by :
Math.pow(2,4) =16
In java, you can do it by :
Math.pow(2,4) =16
Syntax
public static double pow(double x, double y)
Example :
Let’s use power function in java.
import java.lang.*;
public class PowerMain {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// print 2 to the power 4
System.out.println("Math.pow(2 ,4)=" + Math.pow(2, 4));
// print 4.2 to the power 3
System.out.println("Math.pow(4.2,3)=" + Math.pow(4.2,3));
}
}
When you run above program, you will get below output:
Math.pow(2 ,4)=16.0
Math.pow(4.2,3)=74.08800000000001
If you want to return integer from power function, you need to explicitly cast it to Integer.
import java.lang.*;
public class PowerMain {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// print 2 to the power
int i=(int)Math.pow(2,4);
System.out.println("Math.pow(2 ,4)=" + i);
}
}
When you run above program, you will get below output:
Math.pow(2 ,4)=16
Internal working
Math.pow is native method in java and it is written in c.
Let me provide you source code for Math.pow method.
Math.java
public static double pow(double a, double b) {
return StrictMath.pow(a, b); // default impl. delegates to StrictMath
}
So if you above code, Math.pow delegate call to StrictMath.
StrictMath.java
public static native double pow(double a, double b);
As you can see it calls native method.
jdk/src/share/native/java/lang/fdlibm/src/w_pow.c
#include "fdlibm.h"
#ifdef __STDC__
double pow(double x, double y) /* wrapper pow */
#else
double pow(x,y) /* wrapper pow */
double x,y;
#endif
{
#ifdef _IEEE_LIBM
return __ieee754_pow(x,y);
#else
double z;
z=__ieee754_pow(x,y);
if(_LIB_VERSION == _IEEE_|| isnan(y)) return z;
if(isnan(x)) {
if(y==0.0)
return __kernel_standard(x,y,42); /* pow(NaN,0.0) */
else
return z;
}
if(x==0.0){
if(y==0.0)
return __kernel_standard(x,y,20); /* pow(0.0,0.0) */
if(finite(y)&&y<0.0)
return __kernel_standard(x,y,23); /* pow(0.0,negative) */
return z;
}
if(!finite(z)) {
if(finite(x)&&finite(y)) {
if(isnan(z))
return __kernel_standard(x,y,24); /* pow neg**non-int */
else
return __kernel_standard(x,y,21); /* pow overflow */
}
}
if(z==0.0&&finite(x)&&finite(y))
return __kernel_standard(x,y,22); /* pow underflow */
return z;
#endif
}
jdk/src/share/native/java/lang/fdlibm/src/e_pow.c
#include "fdlibm.h"
#ifdef __STDC__
static const double
#else
static double
#endif
bp[] = {1.0, 1.5,},
dp_h[] = { 0.0, 5.84962487220764160156e-01,}, /* 0x3FE2B803, 0x40000000 */
dp_l[] = { 0.0, 1.35003920212974897128e-08,}, /* 0x3E4CFDEB, 0x43CFD006 */
zero = 0.0,
one = 1.0,
two = 2.0,
two53 = 9007199254740992.0, /* 0x43400000, 0x00000000 */
huge = 1.0e300,
tiny = 1.0e-300,
/* poly coefs for (3/2)*(log(x)-2s-2/3*s**3 */
L1 = 5.99999999999994648725e-01, /* 0x3FE33333, 0x33333303 */
L2 = 4.28571428578550184252e-01, /* 0x3FDB6DB6, 0xDB6FABFF */
L3 = 3.33333329818377432918e-01, /* 0x3FD55555, 0x518F264D */
L4 = 2.72728123808534006489e-01, /* 0x3FD17460, 0xA91D4101 */
L5 = 2.30660745775561754067e-01, /* 0x3FCD864A, 0x93C9DB65 */
L6 = 2.06975017800338417784e-01, /* 0x3FCA7E28, 0x4A454EEF */
P1 = 1.66666666666666019037e-01, /* 0x3FC55555, 0x5555553E */
P2 = -2.77777777770155933842e-03, /* 0xBF66C16C, 0x16BEBD93 */
P3 = 6.61375632143793436117e-05, /* 0x3F11566A, 0xAF25DE2C */
P4 = -1.65339022054652515390e-06, /* 0xBEBBBD41, 0xC5D26BF1 */
P5 = 4.13813679705723846039e-08, /* 0x3E663769, 0x72BEA4D0 */
lg2 = 6.93147180559945286227e-01, /* 0x3FE62E42, 0xFEFA39EF */
lg2_h = 6.93147182464599609375e-01, /* 0x3FE62E43, 0x00000000 */
lg2_l = -1.90465429995776804525e-09, /* 0xBE205C61, 0x0CA86C39 */
ovt = 8.0085662595372944372e-0017, /* -(1024-log2(ovfl+.5ulp)) */
cp = 9.61796693925975554329e-01, /* 0x3FEEC709, 0xDC3A03FD =2/(3ln2) */
cp_h = 9.61796700954437255859e-01, /* 0x3FEEC709, 0xE0000000 =(float)cp */
cp_l = -7.02846165095275826516e-09, /* 0xBE3E2FE0, 0x145B01F5 =tail of cp_h*/
ivln2 = 1.44269504088896338700e+00, /* 0x3FF71547, 0x652B82FE =1/ln2 */
ivln2_h = 1.44269502162933349609e+00, /* 0x3FF71547, 0x60000000 =24b 1/ln2*/
ivln2_l = 1.92596299112661746887e-08; /* 0x3E54AE0B, 0xF85DDF44 =1/ln2 tail*/
#ifdef __STDC__
double __ieee754_pow(double x, double y)
#else
double __ieee754_pow(x,y)
double x, y;
#endif
{
double z,ax,z_h,z_l,p_h,p_l;
double y1,t1,t2,r,s,t,u,v,w;
int i0,i1,i,j,k,yisint,n;
int hx,hy,ix,iy;
unsigned lx,ly;
i0 = ((*(int*)&one)>>29)^1; i1=1-i0;
hx = __HI(x); lx = __LO(x);
hy = __HI(y); ly = __LO(y);
ix = hx&0x7fffffff; iy = hy&0x7fffffff;
/* y==zero: x**0 = 1 */
if((iy|ly)==0) return one;
/* +-NaN return x+y */
if(ix > 0x7ff00000 || ((ix==0x7ff00000)&&(lx!=0)) ||
iy > 0x7ff00000 || ((iy==0x7ff00000)&&(ly!=0)))
return x+y;
/* determine if y is an odd int when x < 0
* yisint = 0 ... y is not an integer
* yisint = 1 ... y is an odd int
* yisint = 2 ... y is an even int
*/
yisint = 0;
if(hx<0) {
if(iy>=0x43400000) yisint = 2; /* even integer y */
else if(iy>=0x3ff00000) {
k = (iy>>20)-0x3ff; /* exponent */
if(k>20) {
j = ly>>(52-k);
if((j<<(52-k))==ly) yisint = 2-(j&1);
} else if(ly==0) {
j = iy>>(20-k);
if((j<<(20-k))==iy) yisint = 2-(j&1);
}
}
}
/* special value of y */
if(ly==0) {
if (iy==0x7ff00000) { /* y is +-inf */
if(((ix-0x3ff00000)|lx)==0)
return y - y; /* inf**+-1 is NaN */
else if (ix >= 0x3ff00000)/* (|x|>1)**+-inf = inf,0 */
return (hy>=0)? y: zero;
else /* (|x|<1)**-,+inf = inf,0 */
return (hy<0)?-y: zero;
}
if(iy==0x3ff00000) { /* y is +-1 */
if(hy<0) return one/x; else return x;
}
if(hy==0x40000000) return x*x; /* y is 2 */
if(hy==0x3fe00000) { /* y is 0.5 */
if(hx>=0) /* x >= +0 */
return sqrt(x);
}
}
ax = fabs(x);
/* special value of x */
if(lx==0) {
if(ix==0x7ff00000||ix==0||ix==0x3ff00000){
z = ax; /*x is +-0,+-inf,+-1*/
if(hy<0) z = one/z; /* z = (1/|x|) */
if(hx<0) {
if(((ix-0x3ff00000)|yisint)==0) {
z = (z-z)/(z-z); /* (-1)**non-int is NaN */
} else if(yisint==1)
z = -1.0*z; /* (x<0)**odd = -(|x|**odd) */
}
return z;
}
}
n = (hx>>31)+1;
/* (x<0)**(non-int) is NaN */
if((n|yisint)==0) return (x-x)/(x-x);
s = one; /* s (sign of result -ve**odd) = -1 else = 1 */
if((n|(yisint-1))==0) s = -one;/* (-ve)**(odd int) */
/* |y| is huge */
if(iy>0x41e00000) { /* if |y| > 2**31 */
if(iy>0x43f00000){ /* if |y| > 2**64, must o/uflow */
if(ix<=0x3fefffff) return (hy<0)? huge*huge:tiny*tiny;
if(ix>=0x3ff00000) return (hy>0)? huge*huge:tiny*tiny;
}
/* over/underflow if x is not close to one */
if(ix<0x3fefffff) return (hy<0)? s*huge*huge:s*tiny*tiny;
if(ix>0x3ff00000) return (hy>0)? s*huge*huge:s*tiny*tiny;
/* now |1-x| is tiny <= 2**-20, suffice to compute
log(x) by x-x^2/2+x^3/3-x^4/4 */
t = ax-one; /* t has 20 trailing zeros */
w = (t*t)*(0.5-t*(0.3333333333333333333333-t*0.25));
u = ivln2_h*t; /* ivln2_h has 21 sig. bits */
v = t*ivln2_l-w*ivln2;
t1 = u+v;
__LO(t1) = 0;
t2 = v-(t1-u);
} else {
double ss,s2,s_h,s_l,t_h,t_l;
n = 0;
/* take care subnormal number */
if(ix<0x00100000)
{ax *= two53; n -= 53; ix = __HI(ax); }
n += ((ix)>>20)-0x3ff;
j = ix&0x000fffff;
/* determine interval */
ix = j|0x3ff00000; /* normalize ix */
if(j<=0x3988E) k=0; /* |x|>1)|0x20000000)+0x00080000+(k<<18);
t_l = ax - (t_h-bp[k]);
s_l = v*((u-s_h*t_h)-s_h*t_l);
/* compute log(ax) */
s2 = ss*ss;
r = s2*s2*(L1+s2*(L2+s2*(L3+s2*(L4+s2*(L5+s2*L6)))));
r += s_l*(s_h+ss);
s2 = s_h*s_h;
t_h = 3.0+s2+r;
__LO(t_h) = 0;
t_l = r-((t_h-3.0)-s2);
/* u+v = ss*(1+...) */
u = s_h*t_h;
v = s_l*t_h+t_l*ss;
/* 2/(3log2)*(ss+...) */
p_h = u+v;
__LO(p_h) = 0;
p_l = v-(p_h-u);
z_h = cp_h*p_h; /* cp_h+cp_l = 2/(3*log2) */
z_l = cp_l*p_h+p_l*cp+dp_l[k];
/* log2(ax) = (ss+..)*2/(3*log2) = n + dp_h + z_h + z_l */
t = (double)n;
t1 = (((z_h+z_l)+dp_h[k])+t);
__LO(t1) = 0;
t2 = z_l-(((t1-t)-dp_h[k])-z_h);
}
/* split up y into y1+y2 and compute (y1+y2)*(t1+t2) */
y1 = y;
__LO(y1) = 0;
p_l = (y-y1)*t1+y*t2;
p_h = y1*t1;
z = p_l+p_h;
j = __HI(z);
i = __LO(z);
if (j>=0x40900000) { /* z >= 1024 */
if(((j-0x40900000)|i)!=0) /* if z > 1024 */
return s*huge*huge; /* overflow */
else {
if(p_l+ovt>z-p_h) return s*huge*huge; /* overflow */
}
} else if((j&0x7fffffff)>=0x4090cc00 ) { /* z <= -1075 */
if(((j-0xc090cc00)|i)!=0) /* z < -1075 */
return s*tiny*tiny; /* underflow */
else {
if(p_l<=z-p_h) return s*tiny*tiny; /* underflow */
}
}
/*
* compute 2**(p_h+p_l)
*/
i = j&0x7fffffff;
k = (i>>20)-0x3ff;
n = 0;
if(i>0x3fe00000) { /* if |z| > 0.5, set n = [z+0.5] */
n = j+(0x00100000>>(k+1));
k = ((n&0x7fffffff)>>20)-0x3ff; /* new k for n */
t = zero;
__HI(t) = (n&~(0x000fffff>>k));
n = ((n&0x000fffff)|0x00100000)>>(20-k);
if(j<0) n = -n;
p_h -= t;
}
t = p_l+p_h;
__LO(t) = 0;
u = t*lg2_h;
v = (p_l-(t-p_h))*lg2+t*lg2_l;
z = u+v;
w = v-(z-u);
t = z*z;
t1 = z - t*(P1+t*(P2+t*(P3+t*(P4+t*P5))));
r = (z*t1)/(t1-two)-(w+z*w);
z = one-(r-z);
j = __HI(z);
j += (n<<20);
if((j>>20)<=0) z = scalbn(z,n); /* subnormal output */
else __HI(z) += (n<<20);
return s*z;
}
That’s all about power funcation in java.
