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ee.Number.pow

  • TheNumber.pow(right) method raises the left-hand number to the power of the right-hand number.

  • This method takes two Number type arguments:left as the base andright as the exponent.

  • The result of theNumber.pow(right) method is a Number.

 Raises the first value to the power of the second.

UsageReturns
Number.pow(right)Number
ArgumentTypeDetails
this:leftNumberThe left-hand value.
rightNumberThe right-hand value.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

print('5 ** 2',ee.Number(5).pow(ee.Number(2)));// 25print('-5 ** 2',ee.Number(-5).pow(ee.Number(2)));// 25print('5 ** -2',ee.Number(5).pow(ee.Number(-2)));// 0.04print('5 ** 2.2',ee.Number(5).pow(ee.Number(2.2)));// 34.493241536print('5.2 ** 2',ee.Number(5.2).pow(ee.Number(2)));// 27.040000000

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and usinggeemap for interactive development.

importeeimportgeemap.coreasgeemap

Colab (Python)

display('5 ** 2',ee.Number(5).pow(ee.Number(2)))# 25display('-5 ** 2',ee.Number(-5).pow(ee.Number(2)))# 25display('5 ** -2',ee.Number(5).pow(ee.Number(-2)))# 0.04display('5 ** 2.2',ee.Number(5).pow(ee.Number(2.2)))# 34.493241536display('5.2 ** 2',ee.Number(5.2).pow(ee.Number(2)))# 27.040000000

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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.