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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
.\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
.\"
-.\" RCS: @(#) $Id: mathop.n,v 1.4 2006/12/19 14:22:06 dkf Exp $
+.\" RCS: @(#) $Id: mathop.n,v 1.5 2007/10/25 14:07:32 dkf Exp $
.\"
.so man.macros
.TH mathop n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Mathematical Operator Commands"
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ Each \fInumber\fR must have an integral value.
.
Returns the result of raising each value to the power of the result of
recursively operating on the result of processing the following arguments, so
-\fB** 2 3 4\fR is the same as \fB** 2 [** 3 4]\fR. Each \fInumber\fR may be
+.QW "\fB** 2 3 4\fR"
+is the same as
+.QW "\fB** 2 [** 3 4]\fR" .
+Each \fInumber\fR may be
any numeric value, though the second number must not be fractional if the
first is negative. If no arguments are given, the result will be one, and if
only one argument is given, the result will be that argument.