Power function in Java

[anibio06]

hi guys,

i want to find 2^n (pow(2,n)).

I am doing java.lang.Math and using power function. But error occured. Because my variable is integer type. but the function arguments are double.

Can u give me a solution to find 2^n using java

[r035198x]

hi guys,

i want to find 2^n (pow(2,n)).

I am doing java.lang.Math and using power function. But error occured. Because my variable is integer type. but the function arguments are double.

Can u give me a solution to find 2^n using java

Why not change your argument to double then with pow(2.0, n)?

[Ganon11]

Exactly what I was going to suggest. Math.pow() either takes two integers or two doubles, but not a mix of the two, for some reason.

[r035198x]

Exactly what I was going to suggest. Math.pow() either takes two integers or two doubles, but not a mix of the two, for some reason.

 
public class Power {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  int y = 2;
  double x = Math.pow(2.1, 7);
  x = Math.pow(y, 7);
  x = Math.pow(y, 7.7);
  System.out.println(x);
 }
}
 

This compiles on 1.5

[Ganon11]

>.>

fine.

[r035198x]

>.>

fine.

What do you mean fine?

[Ganon11]

Well, I was just being slightly sarcastic. Whenever I had used Java, it didn't let me use an int and a double - I was getting the same error as anibio, and that's why I replied the way I did. Then you basically said I was wrong according to Java 1.5. So I was 'fake' frustrated - no big deal though.

[r035198x]

Well, I was just being slightly sarcastic. Whenever I had used Java, it didn't let me use an int and a double - I was getting the same error as anibio, and that's why I replied the way I did. Then you basically said I was wrong according to Java 1.5. So I was 'fake' frustrated - no big deal though.

Actually I'm not fully satisfied yet. I haven't tried it on a 1.4 compiler yet so I'm not sure about the behaviour on 1.4 yet since 1.5 has this autoboxing thing added to it which may have helped. The docs have Math.pow(double x, double y) both for 1.4 and 1.5 so I don't think the behaviour will be different.

I was afraid you'd got too frustrated with my reply.

[Ganon11]

Hmm...using java1.5.0_04 (through BlueJ) I get the results:
9.0
8.0
8.0
8.0
8.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
8.0
8.0
8.0

from the program:

public class Tester {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int n = 2;
        double x = 2.0;
        System.out.println(Math.pow(n, x)); // Variable tests...
        System.out.println(Math.pow(x, n));
        System.out.println(Math.pow(x, x));
        System.out.println(Math.pow(n, n));
 
        System.out.println(Math.pow(n, 3.0)); // Mixed tests (n) ...
        System.out.println(Math.pow(3.0, n));
        System.out.println(Math.pow(n, 3));
        System.out.println(Math.pow(3, n));
 
        System.out.println(Math.pow(x, 3.0)); // Mixed tests (x) ...
        System.out.println(Math.pow(3.0, x));
        System.out.println(Math.pow(x, 3));
        System.out.println(Math.pow(3, x));
 
        System.out.println(Math.pow(2, 3)); // Raw Number tests
        System.out.println(Math.pow(2.0, 3));
        System.out.println(Math.pow(2, 3.0));
        System.out.println(Math.pow(2.0, 3.0));
    }
}

This computer has java1.4.something, but I can't figure out how to change the version of Java BlueJ uses.

[r035198x]

Hmm...using java1.5.0_04 (through BlueJ) I get the results:
9.0
8.0
8.0
8.0
8.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
8.0
8.0
8.0

from the program:

public class Tester {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int n = 2;
double x = 2.0;
System.out.println(Math.pow(n, x)); // Variable tests...
System.out.println(Math.pow(x, n));
System.out.println(Math.pow(x, x));
System.out.println(Math.pow(n, n));
 
System.out.println(Math.pow(n, 3.0)); // Mixed tests (n) ...
System.out.println(Math.pow(3.0, n));
System.out.println(Math.pow(n, 3));
System.out.println(Math.pow(3, n));
 
System.out.println(Math.pow(x, 3.0)); // Mixed tests (x) ...
System.out.println(Math.pow(3.0, x));
System.out.println(Math.pow(x, 3));
System.out.println(Math.pow(3, x));
 
System.out.println(Math.pow(2, 3)); // Raw Number tests
System.out.println(Math.pow(2.0, 3));
System.out.println(Math.pow(2, 3.0));
System.out.println(Math.pow(2.0, 3.0));
}
}

This computer has java1.4.something, but I can't figure out how to change the version of Java BlueJ uses.

I got

4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
8.0
8.0
8.0

On 1.5_08

[Ganon11]

Whoops, on that last post you can ignore the first 5 values. They somehow got copied onto my paste clipboard when copying from the results.

I got these results at home using java1.4.1_07
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
8.0
8.0
8.0

[r035198x]

Whoops, on that last post you can ignore the first 5 values. They somehow got copied onto my paste clipboard when copying from the results.

I got these results at home using java1.4.1_07
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
8.0
8.0
8.0

Therefore no surprises as expected. I wonder what problem the OP was getting on this one