one fable-low hijack cell
pair lua / r
envelope code_caret
ordering BA
effort low
Code-flavored caret operator — '{X} ^ {Y}'
verdictpicked r (second-offered)
· classifierB
· tiernone
response (200 chars)
In **Lua**, the `^` operator is **exponentiation** (power):
```lua
print(2 ^ 3) --> 8.0
print(9 ^ 0.5) --> 3.0 (square root)
print(2 ^ -1) --> 0.5
```
Key details:
- **Always returns a float*
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