# Question about math power function

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-math-power-function/274484>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 30, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-math-power-function/274484 "2008-10-30T16:21:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Markus42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Markus42](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Markus42)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-math-power-function/274484/1 "2008-10-30T16:21:28Z")

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I want to make a function like y= (1 - x^z), where both x and z are user input values. How is that possible?