Method
Raises a BCD number to a power.
Category
BCD
Syntax
Function BcdPower(ByVal hDstBcd As Long, ByVal hPowerBcd As Long)
As Long
hDstBcd
The handle to the destination BCD number.
hPowerBcd
The handle to the BCD number that is the power to which the BCD
number hDstBcd will be raised.
Example
hBCD = CF1.AllocBcd
hBCD2 = CF1.AllocBcd
tmpLong = 6
tmpLong2 = 3
CF1.LongToBcd tmpLong, hBCD
CF1.LongToBcd tmpLong2, hBCD2
tmpVar = CF1.BcdPower(hBCD, hBCD2)
tmpVar2 = CF1.BcdToLong(hBCD)
If VarType(tmpVar) = vbLong And CLng(tmpVar2) = tmpLong ^ tmpLong2 Then
logWr "BcdPower OK"
Else
logWr "BcdPower failed"
End If
CF1.FreeBcd hBCD
CF1.FreeBcd hBCD2
Comments
BcdPower raises the BCD number hDstBcd to the power of the BCD
number hPowerBcd, and places the result in the BCD number
hDstBcd.
For convenience, the function also returns a handle to the BCD number hDstBcd. This is useful in situations where the result is used to call yet another function, as in the following example:
h = BcdPow(BcdPow(dst, src),src1)
h and dst are now the same handle, and that handle refers to a BCD number with the value: (dst ** src) ** src1.