Chapter 21
JavaScript Reference

Math.exp() Function

Name

Math.exp() Function---compute e^x

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Math.exp(x)

e^x, e raised to the power of the specified exponent, x.

Math.exp() computes e^x, where e is the base of the natural logarithms, approximately 2.71828.

You can compute x^y using Math.exp() with the following formula:

x^y = e^y*ln(x)

This formula can be expressed in JavaScript as follows:

Math.exp(y * Math.log(x))