A**b ??

Question

declare
a number(10):=1;
b number(10):=6;
c number(10);
begin
c := a**b;
dbms_output.put_line(c);
end;
result is : 1
what is a**b ??

Answer 1

OraclePLSQL wrote:
declare
a number(10):=1;
b number(10):=6;
c number(10);
begin
c := a**b;
dbms_output.put_line(c);
end;
result is : 1
what is a**b ??well, one... ;)
it's the same as
SQL>  declare
  2   a number(10):=1;
  3   b number(10):=6;
  4   c number(10);
  5   begin
  6   c := power (a,b);
  7   dbms_output.put_line(c);
  8   end;
  9  /
1
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.