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        # BigDecimal.**

(from ruby core)
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    self ** other -> bigdecimal

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Returns the BigDecimal value of `self` raised to power `other`:

    b = BigDecimal('3.14')
    b ** 2              # => 0.98596e1
    b ** 2.0            # => 0.98596e1
    b ** Rational(2, 1) # => 0.98596e1

Related: BigDecimal#power.



      

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