Date:         Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:03:38 +0100
Reply-To:     Jan Selchau-Hansen <jan@SELCHAU-HANSEN.INVALID>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jan Selchau-Hansen <jan@SELCHAU-HANSEN.INVALID>
Organization: TDC Totalloesninger
Subject:      Re: calculating power

"Mayukh Dass" <mayukh.dass@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:585ed04f05021621493208ca78@mail.gmail.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to calculate various powers of a variable, like square,
> cube and so on. Is there any better way to do this apart from var*var,
> var*var*var?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mayu

Use "double*"

data test;

root=3;

SQUARE=ROOT**2;

CUBe=ROOT**3;

/* And so on */

RUN;



Jan Selchau-Hansen