title: SAS function for using 'power' / exponential
body: <p>I may be missing something obvious, but how do you calculate 'powers' in SAS?  </p>
  
  <p>Eg  X squared, or Y cubed?</p>
  
  <p>what I need is to have variable1 ^ variable2, but cannot find the syntax...  (I am using SAS 9.1.3)</p>