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[mnrvovrfc]

Could this be doable in "string math"?

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double Fast_Pow(double a, double b) //fastpower originally developed by Martin Ankerl
{
  int tmp = (*(1 + (int *)&a));
  int tmp2 = (int)(b * (tmp - 1072632447) + 1072632447);
  double p = 0.0;
  *(1 + (int * )&p) = tmp2;
  //p = p * a / 2.71828F ; failed attempt to auto correct the accuracy
  return tmp;
}

from:
https://qb64phoenix.com/qb64wiki/index.p...#Fast_Math

EDIT: I was responding to bplus saying something about "power" function being difficult to implement if it involves fractions, is that right? But this function might not be a solution because it seems to force a cast from double-precision to same-size integer. That first statement is ugly. :/