EXP

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BASIC keyword
Keyword:	EXP
Abbreviation:	E Shift+X
Type:	Function
Token code:	189/$BD
Handling routine in BASIC ROM:	49133–57410 $BFED–E042
List of all BASIC keywords

Remark: This article describes the BASIC-Command EXP in BASIC V2 at the Commodore 64.

Typ: Numeric Function 
General Programming-Syntax: EXP(<Number>)

EXP is a mathemathical function for this number to the power of the constant e (2.71828183).

By values over 89.0296919 it appears the BASIC error ?OVERFLOW ERROR IN line. Under -89.0296919 is the value always 0. When the term isn't a number, the BASIC error ?TYPE MISMATCH ERROR IN line occurrs. When the numeric argument is absent, it appears a ?SYNTAX ERROR IN line.

[edit] Examples

PRINT EXP(0) Screen: 1
PRINT EXP(-1) Screen: 0.367879441
PRINT EXP(1) Screen: 2.71828183