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# Power

The function **Power** returns the result of **aValue** raised to the exponent power of **aPower**.

This is the reverse of the function [NthRoot](/statelake/scripting-reference/functions-and-procedures/numeric-functions/nthroot).

So the result of the function Power(10,3) or 10^3 is the result of 1,000.

If the result is a nonsense or imaginary number, the result will be the value **NAN** which is an acronym for Not A Number.

**Declaration**: Function Power(const aValue : Extended; const aPower : Integer) : Extended;

Examples follow.

```pascal
procedure ScriptEvent (var Value : variant);
var
  NewInt : integer;
  NewExt, NextExt : extended;
begin
  LogInfo('The POWER value of 10^3');
  NewInt := 3;
  NewExt := 10;
  NextExt := Power(NewExt, NewInt);
  LogInfo('Result =  '+FloatToStr(NextExt));       //Displays 'Result =  1000'
  LogInfo('');
  LogInfo('The POWER value of 10^2');
  NewInt := 2;
  NewExt := 10;
  NextExt := Power(NewExt, NewInt);
  LogInfo('Result =  '+FloatToStr(NextExt));       //Displays 'Result =  100'
  LogInfo('');
  LogInfo('The POWER value of -1^2 - will FAIL');
  NewInt := 2;
  NewExt := -1;                                    //Returns i (an imaginary number)
  NextExt := NthRoot(NewInt, NewExt);
  LogInfo('Result =  '+FloatToStr(NextExt));       //Displays 'Result =  NAN'
  LogInfo('');

end;
```