# babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator

> Compile exponentiation operator to ES5

Latest version **6.24.1** (published 2017-04-07) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator
pnpm add babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator
yarn add babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator
bun add babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator
```

## Health

**Score 35/100 (D)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities; high maintenance score; popular repo.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 6.24.1 |
| Published | 2017-04-07 |
| First published | 2015-10-29 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 3 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 43996 |
| Maintainers | amasad, hzoo, jmm, loganfsmyth, sebmck, thejameskyle |
| Keywords | babel-plugin |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator
- Repository: https://github.com/babel/babel/tree/master/packages/babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator

## Dependencies (3)

- [babel-runtime](https://npm.io/package/babel-runtime.md) ^6.22.0
- [babel-plugin-syntax-exponentiation-operator](https://npm.io/package/babel-plugin-syntax-exponentiation-operator.md) ^6.8.0
- [babel-helper-builder-binary-assignment-operator-visitor](https://npm.io/package/babel-helper-builder-binary-assignment-operator-visitor.md) ^6.24.1

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## Recent versions

- 6.24.1 (latest) — 2017-04-07
- 7.0.0-beta.3 (next) — 2017-10-15
- 7.0.0-beta.2 — 2017-09-26
- 7.0.0-beta.1 — 2017-09-19
- 7.0.0-beta.0 — 2017-09-12
- 7.0.0-alpha.20 — 2017-08-30
- 7.0.0-alpha.19 — 2017-08-07
- 7.0.0-alpha.18 — 2017-08-03
- 7.0.0-alpha.17 — 2017-07-26
- 7.0.0-alpha.16 — 2017-07-25
- 7.0.0-alpha.15 — 2017-07-12
- 7.0.0-alpha.14 — 2017-07-12
- 7.0.0-alpha.12 — 2017-05-31
- 7.0.0-alpha.11 — 2017-05-31
- 7.0.0-alpha.10 — 2017-05-25
- … 16 more at https://npm.io/package/babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator/versions

## README

# babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator

> Compile exponentiation operator to ES5

## Example

```js
// x ** y

let squared = 2 ** 2;
// same as: 2 * 2

let cubed = 2 ** 3;
// same as: 2 * 2 * 2


// x **= y

let a = 2;
a **= 2;
// same as: a = a * a;

let b = 3;
b **= 3;
// same as: b = b * b * b;
```

## Installation

```sh
npm install --save-dev babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator
```

## Usage

### Via `.babelrc` (Recommended)

**.babelrc**

```json
{
  "plugins": ["transform-exponentiation-operator"]
}
```

### Via CLI

```sh
babel --plugins transform-exponentiation-operator script.js
```

### Via Node API

```javascript
require("babel-core").transform("code", {
  plugins: ["transform-exponentiation-operator"]
});
```

## References

* [Proposal: Exponentiation Operator](https://github.com/rwaldron/exponentiation-operator)
* [Spec: Exponential Operator](https://rwaldron.github.io/exponentiation-operator/)

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