What does the symbol ^ mean in Excel formulas?

[Rat@discussions.microsoft.com Desert Rat]

I am having trouble finding out the purpose of the symbol ^ when using
calculations in Excel. Can anyone help me?

[flummi]

3^3 = 27 which means 3 raised to the power of 3

Hans

[Max]

Caret: "^" means "to the power of"

Eg: entering in say, A1: =3^4
means to evaluate 3 to the power of 4
i.e: =3x3x3x3=81

Likewise =2^3 = 2x2x2=8
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[bigwheel]

It means "raise to the power of" so that 2^3 means 2 raised to the power of 3
(or 2 cubed) which equals 8

[joeu2004h...@discussions.microsoft.com]

For future reference, use the key phrase "calculation operators"
in a Help search, and see the Help page "about calculation
operators".

[Bernard Liengme]

You got lots of good answers but if you need another:
The one-word name for the ^ operator is "exponentiation"
just as + is addition, × is multiplication.....
For confirmation of this lovely geek work, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponentiation
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[ravikan...@gmail.com]

On Saturday, February 11, 2006 5:31:27 PM UTC+5:30, Desert Rat wrote:
> I am having trouble finding out the purpose of the symbol ^ when using
> calculations in Excel. Can anyone help me?

GOOD

[ravindrab...@gmail.com]

"--" means

[Stephen Wolstenholme]

On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 05:26:07 -0700 (PDT), ravindrab...@gmail.com
wrote:

>"--" means

+

Steve

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