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<h2>Name</h2>

<p>exp2 — return 2 raised to the power of the parameter</p>

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<h2>Declaration</h2>

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<code class="funcdef">genType <strong class="fsfunc">exp2</strong>(</code>

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<h2>Parameters</h2>

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<code>x</code>

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Specify the value of the power to which 2 will be raised.

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<h2>Description</h2>

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<code class="function">exp2</code> returns 2 raised to the power of <em class="parameter"><code>x</code></em>. i.e.,

<math overflow="scroll"><msup><mn>2</mn><mi>x</mi></msup></math>.

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<h2>Version Support</h2>

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<span class="bold"><strong>1.40</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>1.50</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>3.30</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>4.00</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>4.10</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>4.20</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>4.30</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>4.40</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>4.50</strong></span>

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<div class="refsect1" id="seealso">

<h2>See Also</h2>

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<a class="citerefentry" href="exp"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">exp</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="log"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">log</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="log2"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">log2</span></span></a>

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<h2>Copyright</h2>

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Copyright © 2011-2014 Khronos Group.

This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in

the Open Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999.

<a class="link" href="https://opencontent.org/openpub/" target="_top">https://opencontent.org/openpub/</a>.

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