1219404 - Incorrect exponent example in Arithmetic operators section on https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Expressions_and_Operators

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Developer Documentation Graveyard :: JavaScript, defect, P5)

Description

[Levi DeLissa]

:: Developer Documentation Request

      Request Type: Correction
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:: Details

The examples for exponential operator are:
2 ** 3 returns 8.
10 ** -1 returns -1.

However according to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Arithmetic_Operators#Exponentiation 10 ** -1 should return 0.1

Comment 1

[Saurabh Nair [:jsx] (not reading bugmail. ni? if you need me)]

Seems to me that the example given in the page is correct.

10 ** -1 == Math.pow(10, -1) == 0.1

Comment 2

[Levi DeLissa]

Incorrect:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Expressions_and_Operators

vs

Correct:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Arithmetic_Operators#Exponentiation

Comment 3

[Saurabh Nair [:jsx] (not reading bugmail. ni? if you need me)]

Oh yeah. I had missed the Guide URL. Fixed now. Thanks for reporting :)