Calculating an exponent (Power Of) X^Y in Power Automate
Jan 2, 2023 11:26 PM

Calculating an exponent (Power Of) X^Y in Power Automate

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Learn how you can use Xpath, Select and Join to calculate an exponential. In Power Automate, whilst you can multiply two numbers together with the Mul() express

Learn how you can use Xpath, Select and Join to calculate an exponential. In Power Automate, whilst you can multiply two numbers together with the Mul() expression, it is not possible to natively calculate and exponential or power of X^Y.

I demonstrate how you can build an efficient flow to calculate the result of an exponent.

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