Doh! I can't believe I don't know this....Square a number?

[Will Carpenter]

What operator do I use to square a number in java?
Given: int x = 3;
x**2; //is it this?
x^2; //maybe this?

[David Weitzman]

There's no primitive for this. "^" is the bitwise exclusive or operator, and ** isn't anything. You'll have to type out x*x or use Math.pow().

[Parth Sagdeo]

yep, or more specifically, for all powers, just go Math.pow(base,exponent)

[Gjorgi Var]

And both "base" and "exponent" are of type double...