How to write a loop
- Subject: [mg2538] How to write a loop
- From: ewalke1 at gl.umbc.edu ("Enrico C. Walker")
- Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 05:19:50 GMT
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- Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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I need to raise a number to some large exponent - i.e. 245 ^ 500.
I know that I may run into a problem by plugging it directly. so I'd like to find the result
by using some sort of programming loop such.
DO 250 times
begin
x = x * 245 ^ 2
end
PRINT X
Can I do such programming in MATHEMATICA? Please advise.
-RICO-