Groovy JDK

## java.lang
Class Integer

Method Summary
`Number` | `power(Integer exponent)` Power of an integer to an integer certain exponent.

Method Detail

### power

    public Number power(Integer exponent)

  Power of an integer to an integer certain exponent. If the exponent is positive, convert to a BigInteger and call BigInteger.pow(int) method to maintain precision. Called by the '**' operator.

Parameters:
  `exponent` - an Integer exponent.

Returns:
  a Number to the power of a the exponent

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