Merge pull request #5814 from Chaosus/gds_add_pow_op

Add pow operator to GDScript operators list

tutorials/scripting/gdscript/gdscript_basics.rst

@@ -219,59 +219,65 @@ Operators
 
 The following is the list of supported operators and their precedence.
 
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| **Operator**                                                           | **Description**                         |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``x[index]``                                                           | Subscription (highest priority)         |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``x.attribute``                                                        | Attribute reference                     |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``foo()``                                                              | Function call                           |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``is``                                                                 | Instance type checker                   |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``~``                                                                  | Bitwise NOT                             |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``-x``                                                                 | Negative / Unary negation               |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``*`` ``/`` ``%``                                                      | Multiplication / Division / Remainder   |
-|                                                                        |                                         |
-|                                                                        | These operators have the same behavior  |
-|                                                                        | as C++. Integer division is truncated   |
-|                                                                        | rather than returning a fractional      |
-|                                                                        | number, and the % operator is only      |
-|                                                                        | available for ints ("fmod" for floats), |
-|                                                                        | and is additionally used for Format     |
-|                                                                        | Strings                                 |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``+``                                                                  | Addition / Concatenation of arrays      |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``-``                                                                  | Subtraction                             |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``<<`` ``>>``                                                          | Bit shifting                            |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``&``                                                                  | Bitwise AND                             |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``^``                                                                  | Bitwise XOR                             |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``|``                                                                  | Bitwise OR                              |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``<`` ``>`` ``==`` ``!=`` ``>=`` ``<=``                                | Comparisons                             |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``in``                                                                 | Content test                            |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``not``                                                                | Boolean NOT                             |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``and``                                                                | Boolean AND                             |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``or``                                                                 | Boolean OR                              |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``if x else``                                                          | Ternary if/else                         |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``as``                                                                 | Type casting                            |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-| ``=`` ``+=`` ``-=`` ``*=`` ``/=`` ``%=`` ``&=`` ``|=`` ``<<=`` ``>>=`` | Assignment (lowest priority)            |
-+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| **Operator**                                                                   | **Description**                           |
++================================================================================+===========================================+
+| ``x[index]``                                                                   | Subscription (highest priority)           |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``x.attribute``                                                                | Attribute reference                       |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``foo()``                                                                      | Function call                             |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``is``                                                                         | Instance type checker                     |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``**``                                                                         | Power operator                            |
+|                                                                                |                                           |
+|                                                                                | Multiplies value by itself ``x`` times,   |
+|                                                                                | similar to calling ``pow`` built-in       |
+|                                                                                | function                                  |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``~``                                                                          | Bitwise NOT                               |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``-x``                                                                         | Negative / Unary negation                 |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``*`` ``/`` ``%``                                                              | Multiplication / Division / Remainder     |
+|                                                                                |                                           |
+|                                                                                | These operators have the same behavior    |
+|                                                                                | as C++. Integer division is truncated     |
+|                                                                                | rather than returning a fractional        |
+|                                                                                | number, and the % operator is only        |
+|                                                                                | available for ints (``fmod`` for floats), |
+|                                                                                | and is additionally used for Format       |
+|                                                                                | Strings                                   |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``+``                                                                          | Addition / Concatenation of arrays        |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``-``                                                                          | Subtraction                               |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``<<`` ``>>``                                                                  | Bit shifting                              |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``&``                                                                          | Bitwise AND                               |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``^``                                                                          | Bitwise XOR                               |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``|``                                                                          | Bitwise OR                                |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``<`` ``>`` ``==`` ``!=`` ``>=`` ``<=``                                        | Comparisons                               |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``in``                                                                         | Content test                              |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``not``                                                                        | Boolean NOT                               |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``and``                                                                        | Boolean AND                               |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``or``                                                                         | Boolean OR                                |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``if x else``                                                                  | Ternary if/else                           |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``as``                                                                         | Type casting                              |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| ``=`` ``+=`` ``-=`` ``*=`` ``/=`` ``%=`` ``**=`` ``&=`` ``|=`` ``<<=`` ``>>=`` | Assignment (lowest priority)              |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
 
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