The exponentiation and exponentiation assignment operands allow raising the base operand value to the given power. 1. The `**` operator returns the result of raising the first operand to the power of the second operand. -- Expect stdout -- [ 1, 4, 9223372036854775808, -9223372036854775808, -0.25, 2.75568 ] -- End -- -- Testcase -- {% printf("%.J\n", [ 2 ** 0, 2 ** 2, 2 ** 63, -2 ** 63, -2 ** -2, 1.5 ** 2.5 ]); %} -- End -- 2. The `**=` operator raises the lhs variable or field value to the power value in the rhs expression. -- Expect stdout -- [ 4, -0.25, 2.75568 ] -- End -- -- Testcase -- {% x = 2; y = -2; z = 1.5; x **= 2; y **= -2; z **= 2.5; printf("%.J\n", [ x, y, z ]); %} -- End --