====== lamaLibrary: Power of 10 ======
A power of 10 (10 <sup>X</sup>) is any of the integer powers of the number ten; in other words, ten multiplied by itself a certain number of times. By definition, the number one is a power (//the zeroth power//) of ten.

<code scl>
FUNCTION "powerOfTen" : Real
{ S7_Optimized_Access := 'TRUE' }
VERSION : 0.1
   VAR_INPUT 
      power : Real;   // 10^power
   END_VAR

   VAR_TEMP 
      count : Int;
      out : Real;
      i : Int;
   END_VAR


BEGIN
	// void := 10 ^ power
	
	// A power of 10 is any of the integer powers of the number ten; in other words,
	// ten multiplied by itself a certain number of times (when the power is a positive integer).
	
	#out := 1.0;
	    
	IF #power > 0.0 THEN                    // positive power
	    #count := REAL_TO_INT(#power);
	    FOR #i := 0 TO #count DO
	        #out := #out * 10.0;
	    END_FOR;
	END_IF;
	
	IF #power < 0.0 THEN                    // negative power
	    #count := REAL_TO_INT(#power * -1.0) ;
	    FOR #i := 0 TO #count DO
	        #out := #out / 10.0;
	    END_FOR;
	END_IF;
	
	// output
	#powerOfTen := #out;
END_FUNCTION
</code>



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