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Default what does the character ^ mean in an excel formula

Thats for exponential math; to raise a number to a power.

See this:
http://www.math.com/school/subject2/.../S2U2L2DP.html

More detailed description he
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponentiation


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"David Biddulph" wrote:

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=2^4 means 2 to the power 4, or =2*2*2*2 or =POWER(2,4)
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