SAS function for using 'power' / exponential?

Question

I may be missing something obvious, but how do you calculate 'powers' in SAS? Eg X squared, or Y cubed? what I need is to have variable1 ^ variable2, but cannot find the syntax... (I am using SAS 9.1.3)

Answer 1

Here is the correct syntax:

data raa;

x=2;

y=2;

z=3;

xsq=x**y;

xcube=x**z;

run;