exponent

how to use special characters in windows forms application/report

I need to use a special character (an exponent of two, aka ^2) in a windows forms application. I also need to use it in a Microsoft Report that is opened by this same windows forms application. Anyone know how to do this? ...

vb.net mantissa and exponent calculation from double

Hi there. Can anyone offer any advice on how to get the mantissa and exponent from a double in VB.net? I know I can do a string parse and some conversion to ints but I wondered if anyone had a mathematical equivalent formula that would allow me to do this? Many thanks ...