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title: "Use the POWER Function to Raise Numbers to a Power"
slug: "power-function"
description: "Learn to master the POWER function in Pigment to raise a number to a specified power and optimize your data analysis."
updated: 2025-05-30T09:40:59Z
published: 2025-08-22T10:57:28Z
---

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# POWER function

## Description

Raises the given Number raised to a power.

## Syntax

`POWER(Number, Power)`

## Arguments

| Argument | Type | Dimensions | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *Number* (required) | Number | Any Dimensions | Number to power. |
| *Power* (required) | Number | No Dimension or Dimensions of argument *Number* | Power to raise to. |

## Returns

| Type | Dimensions |
| --- | --- |
| Number | Dimensions of argument *Number* |

## Examples

| Formula | Result | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `POWER(2, 5)` | 32 | 2 to the power of 5 is 32. |
| `POWER(33, 0)` | 1 | 33 to the power of 0 is 1. |

## See also

Excel: [POWER](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/power-function-d3f2908b-56f4-4c3f-895a-07fb519c362a)

Related articles: [SQRT](/v1/docs/sqrt-function)

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