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**

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**(p1) public

Raises fix to the numeric power, which may be negative or fractional.

2 ** 3      #=> 8
2 ** -1     #=> 0.5
2 ** 0.5    #=> 1.4142135623731

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static VALUE
fix_pow(VALUE x, VALUE y)
{
    long a = FIX2LONG(x);

    if (FIXNUM_P(y)) {
        long b = FIX2LONG(y);

        if (b < 0)
            return rb_funcall(rb_rational_raw1(x), rb_intern("**"), 1, y);

        if (b == 0) return INT2FIX(1);
        if (b == 1) return x;
        if (a == 0) {
            if (b > 0) return INT2FIX(0);
            return DBL2NUM(INFINITY);
        }
        if (a == 1) return INT2FIX(1);
        if (a == -1) {
            if (b % 2 == 0)
                return INT2FIX(1);
            else
                return INT2FIX(-1);
        }
        return int_pow(a, b);
    }
    switch (TYPE(y)) {
      case T_BIGNUM:

        if (rb_funcall(y, '<', 1, INT2FIX(0)))
            return rb_funcall(rb_rational_raw1(x), rb_intern("**"), 1, y);

        if (a == 0) return INT2FIX(0);
        if (a == 1) return INT2FIX(1);
        if (a == -1) {
            if (int_even_p(y)) return INT2FIX(1);
            else return INT2FIX(-1);
        }
        x = rb_int2big(FIX2LONG(x));
        return rb_big_pow(x, y);
      case T_FLOAT:
        if (RFLOAT_VALUE(y) == 0.0) return DBL2NUM(1.0);
        if (a == 0) {
            return DBL2NUM(RFLOAT_VALUE(y) < 0 ? INFINITY : 0.0);
        }
        if (a == 1) return DBL2NUM(1.0);
        {
            double dy = RFLOAT_VALUE(y);
            if (a < 0 && dy != round(dy))
                return rb_funcall(rb_complex_raw1(x), rb_intern("**"), 1, y);
            return DBL2NUM(pow((double)a, dy));
        }
      default:
        return rb_num_coerce_bin(x, y, rb_intern("**"));
    }
}

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