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Exponentiation operator - **

Use the exponentiation operator "**" to find the exponentiation.

my $two_power_num = 4 ** 2;

Use the ** operator to find the power. Exponentiation is an operation that multiplies the same number multiple times.

Example program

This is an example program to find the power.

use strict;
use warnings;

# Find a power.
print "1: Find the power.\n";
my $num = 4;
my $two_power_num = 4 ** 2;
print "The square of $num is $two_power_num.\n";