Using an assignment operator to calculate a power of 2 : Operator « Operator « VB.Net Tutorial

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Module Tester

   Sub Main()
      Dim exponent As Integer ' power input by user
      Dim result As Integer = 2 ' number to raise to a power

      exponent = 12

      result ^= exponent ' same as result = result ^ exponent
      Console.WriteLine("result = exponent: {0}", result)

      result = 2 ' reset result to 2
      result = result ^ exponent
      Console.WriteLine("result = result  exponent: {0}", result)

   End Sub 

End Module

result ^= exponent: 4096
result = result ^ exponent: 4096