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.TH ZPOW 3 libzahl
.SH NAME
zpow - Calculate a power of a big integer
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <zahl.h>

void zpow(z_t \fIpower\fP, z_t \fIbase\fP, z_t \fIexponent\fP);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B zpow
calculates the
.IR exponent :th
power of a
.IR base ,
and stores the result in
.IR power .
That is,
.I power
gets
.I base
↑
.IR exponent .
.P
It is safe to call
.B zpow
with non-unique parameters.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR zpowu (3),
.BR zmodpow (3),
.BR zsqr (3),
.BR zstr (3),
.BR zadd (3),
.BR zsub (3),
.BR zmul (3),
.BR zdiv (3),
.BR zmod (3),
.BR zneg (3),
.BR zabs (3)