Add math.Pow

Closes #7266

3 files changed, 59 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tpl/math/init.go b/tpl/math/init.go
index 45240c5e1..e7f9114ba 100644
--- a/tpl/math/init.go
+++ b/tpl/math/init.go
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ func init() {
 			},
 		)
 
+		ns.AddMethodMapping(ctx.Pow,
+			[]string{"pow"},
+			[][2]string{
+				{"{{math.Pow 2 3}}", "8"},
+			},
+		)
+
 		ns.AddMethodMapping(ctx.Round,
 			nil,
 			[][2]string{
diff --git a/tpl/math/math.go b/tpl/math/math.go
index 950d95905..ecaf61ebc 100644
--- a/tpl/math/math.go
+++ b/tpl/math/math.go
@@ -115,6 +115,18 @@ func (ns *Namespace) Mul(a, b interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 	return _math.DoArithmetic(a, b, '*')
 }
 
+// Pow returns a raised to the power of b.
+func (ns *Namespace) Pow(a, b interface{}) (float64, error) {
+	af, erra := cast.ToFloat64E(a)
+	bf, errb := cast.ToFloat64E(b)
+
+	if erra != nil || errb != nil {
+		return 0, errors.New("Pow operator can't be used with non-float value")
+	}
+
+	return math.Pow(af, bf), nil
+}
+
 // Round returns the nearest integer, rounding half away from zero.
 func (ns *Namespace) Round(x interface{}) (float64, error) {
 	xf, err := cast.ToFloat64E(x)
diff --git a/tpl/math/math_test.go b/tpl/math/math_test.go
index 70f6749ba..c48f71837 100644
--- a/tpl/math/math_test.go
+++ b/tpl/math/math_test.go
@@ -318,3 +318,43 @@ func TestRound(t *testing.T) {
 		c.Assert(result, qt.Equals, test.expect)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestPow(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	c := qt.New(t)
+
+	ns := New()
+
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		a      interface{}
+		b      interface{}
+		expect interface{}
+	}{
+		{0, 0, float64(1)},
+		{2, 0, float64(1)},
+		{2, 3, float64(8)},
+		{-2, 3, float64(-8)},
+		{2, -3, float64(0.125)},
+		{-2, -3, float64(-0.125)},
+		{0.2, 3, float64(0.008)},
+		{2, 0.3, float64(1.2311)},
+		{0.2, 0.3, float64(0.617)},
+		{"aaa", "3", false},
+		{"2", "aaa", false},
+	} {
+
+		result, err := ns.Pow(test.a, test.b)
+
+		if b, ok := test.expect.(bool); ok && !b {
+			c.Assert(err, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// we compare only 4 digits behind point if its a real float
+		// otherwise we usually get different float values on the last positions
+		result = float64(int(result*10000)) / 10000
+
+		c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+		c.Assert(result, qt.Equals, test.expect)
+	}
+}