Date:         Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:27:07 -0400
Reply-To:     Gerhard Hellriegel <gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Gerhard Hellriegel <gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE>
Subject:      Re: Exponential Calculation

what does the ^ mean? Is this a "power" operator? In SAS you should try **
instead:

xx = 0.3751*(31640/5/60)**(-0.4988)

Gerhard


On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:53:39 -0700, mikeymay <mikeymay@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>I am trying to perform the following Excel function in a SAS data step
>
>=0.3751*(31640/5/60)^-0.4988
>Returning 1,162.12
>
>But SAS doesn't like the following part of the calculation when I try
>to duplpicate
>
>'^-0.4988'
>
>Any ideas of how I can duplicate the calculation?
>
>
>Thanks