invalid operands to binary ^ (have ‘float’ and ‘float’)

[vineeshvs]

double a,b;
printf("%f",a^b);

error occurs as shown in heading.
any alternative method?

[Narue]

Before looking for ways to do this, maybe you should consider why you want to do it in the first place. Bitwise operations not working on floating-point isn't much of an issue because most of the time it's nonsensical.

[vineeshvs]

by a^b i mean 'a raised to b' (bth power of a). not bitwise operations.

[WaltP]

Where you got the idea ^ means raised to the power in C is a great question.

Belaying that, look in the math.h header for the function pow()

[vineeshvs]

thanks... i was converting matlab to c. so didnt notice...