Documentation for sub infix:<**> assembled from the following types:

class Complex

From Complex

(Complex) sub infix:<**>

Declared as

multi sub infix:<**>(Complex:D \a, Complex:D \b --> Complex:D)
multi sub infix:<**>(Num(Real) \a, Complex:D \b --> Complex:D)
multi sub infix:<**>(Complex:D \a, Num(Real) \b --> Complex:D)

The exponentiation operator coerces the second argument to Complex and calculates the left-hand-side raised to the power of the right-hand side. Since 6.d, either argument can be equal to zero.

say i ** i;   # OUTPUT: «0.20787957635076193+0i␤»
say 2 ** i;   # OUTPUT: «0.7692389013639721+0.6389612763136348i␤»
say i ** 2;   # OUTPUT: «-1+1.2246467991473532e-16i␤»
say 0 ** i;   # OUTPUT: «0+0i␤»
say 0i ** 0i; # OUTPUT: «1+0i␤»