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JavaScript

Posted by Michael Lowe
Michael Lowe
3,223 Points

What is the best way to square a number in JavaScript?

Let's say I want to find 4 squared, i.e. 4^2 or 4 to the power of 2.

Right now I have this:

var x = 5;

var x_squared = Math.pow(x,2);

Is this the best way? Is there a better way? I know in some languages you can do x**, or x^2.

1 Answer

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points

The way you are doing it is perfect. There is an experimental feature in ES7 that will allow you to do a**b but that won't be out for some time so I'd stick to MATH.pow() until them.