006. ** is the exponentiation operator

topic: Basics

The exponentiation operator in Fortran is **, as in Python.

expon.f90 | | |

print *, 1.2**2  ! 1.44

print *, [1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3]**2

end

Output1

   1.44000006    
   1.00000000       1.21000004       1.44000006       1.68999982    

Many Fortran operators and intrinsic functions are elemental, and brackets denote arrays.

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The exponentiation operator in Fortran is **, as in Python.

print*,1.2**2

gives 1.44

Many Fortran operators and intrinsic functions are elemental, and brackets denote arrays, so

print*,[1.0,1.1,1.2,1.3]**2

gives

1.00000000 1.21000004 1.44000006 1.68999982

— FortranTip (@fortrantip) December 17, 2021

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