thebookofshaders/glossary/pow.md

## Pow
Return the value of the first parameter raised to the power of the second.

### Declaration
```glsl
float pow(float x, float y)  
vec2 pow(vec2 x, vec2 y)  
vec3 pow(vec3 x, vec3 y)  
vec4 pow(vec4 x, vec4 y)
```

### Parameters
```x``` specify the value to raise to the power ```y```.

```y``` specify the power to which to raise ```x```.

### Description
```pow()``` returns the value of ```x``` raised to the ```y``` power.

<div class="simpleFunction" data="y = pow(x,3.0); "></div>

### See Also

[inversesqrt](index.html#inversesqrt.md), [sqrt](index.html#sqrt.md), [Chapter 05: Shaping Functions](../05/)