PHP to Coldfusion

Question

I need to convert the following line of PHP into Coldfusion

$age = 10
$test = pow($age,-2)*log($age);

Coldfusion does not have a POW() function. This is what I have come up with

<cfset age = 10>
<cfset test = age^-2*log(age)>

Any help would be much appreciated.

James

Answer 1

The ^ operator does the job

You are doing it right

Answer 2

You're likely to notice performance and maintainability gains if you place this (and any sets immediately preceding or following) code within cfscript. Oh, and don't forget to scope your variables:

<cfscript>
   variables.age = 10;
   variables.test = variables.age^-2*log(variables.age);
</cfscript>