^= Operator
Visual Studio .NET 2003
Raises the value of a variable to the power of an expression and assigns the result back to the variable.
variable ^= expression
Parts
- variable
- Required. Any numeric variable.
- expression
- Required. Any numeric expression.
Example
The following example uses the ^= operator to raise the value of one Integer variable to the power of a second variable and assign the result to the first variable.
Dim var1 As Integer = 10 Dim var2 As Integer = 3 var1 ^= var2 ' The value of var1 is now 1000.
See Also
&= Operator | *= Operator | += Operator | -= Operator | /= Operator | = Operator | \= Operator | ^ Operator | Assignment Operators | Arithmetic Operators | Operator Precedence in Visual Basic | Operators Listed by Functionality | Assignment Statements