Calculates the exponent of e

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# exp

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

exp — Calculates the exponent of `e`

### Description

float exp ( float `$arg` )

Returns `e` raised to the power of `arg`.

> Note: '`e`' is the base of the natural system of logarithms, or approximately 2.718282.

### Parameters

`arg`

  The argument to process

### Return Values

'e' raised to the power of `arg`

### Examples

Example #1 exp() example

`<?php
echo exp(12) . "\n";
echo exp(5.7);
?>`

The above example will output:

    1.6275E+005
    298.87

### See Also

- log() - Natural logarithm
- pow() - Exponential expression

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