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<paragraph id="hd_id3150616" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03080201.xhp" name="Exp Function">Exp Function</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3155555" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Returns the base of the natural logarithm (e = 2.718282) raised to a power.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3150984" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3145315" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Exp (Number)</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3154347" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149670" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Double</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3154760" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150793" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Number:</emph> Any numeric expression that specifies the power that you want to raise "e" to (the base of natural logarithms). The power must be for both single-precision numbers less than or equal to 88.02969 and double-precision numbers less than or equal to 709.782712893, since $[officename] Basic returns an Overflow error for numbers exceeding these values.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1206715248" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    Const b1=12.345e12</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3159254" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Const b2=1.345e34</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1206712560" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    dValue=Exp( Log(b1)+Log(b2) )</paragraph>
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