Course of Raku / Essentials / Positional data types / Exercises / Square and cube
Solution: Square and cube
Code 1
A straightforward solution is to use the ** operator.
my $n = @*ARGS[0];
say $n ** 2;
say $n ** 3;
🦋 Find the program in the file square-and-cube.raku.
Code 2
A slightly more stylish solution is to use Unicode superscripts.
my $n = @*ARGS[0];
say $n²;
say $n³;
🦋 Find the program in the file square-and-cube-2.raku.
Output
Run the program a few times and test it with different numbers.
$ raku exercises/positionals/square-and-cube.raku 5
25
125