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6  The pow function raises a number to a power.
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8
9# `pow` Function
10
11`pow` calculates an exponent, by raising its first argument to the power of the second argument.
12
13## Examples
14
15```
16> pow(3, 2)
179
18> pow(4, 0)
191
20```
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