| Return type | Name and parameters | 
|---|---|
| Number | power(Integer exponent)Power of an integer to an integer certain exponent. | 
                                    abs, and, asBoolean, asType, bitwiseNegate, compareTo, compareTo, div, div, downto, intdiv, intdiv, isCase, isNotCase, leftShift, minus, minus, mod, multiply, multiply, next, or, plus, plus, plus, power, previous, remainder, rightShift, rightShiftUnsigned, step, times, toBigDecimal, toBigInteger, toDouble, toFloat, toInteger, toLong, unaryMinus, unaryPlus, upto, xor
                                
                                    addShutdownHook, any, any, asBoolean, asType, collect, collect, collect, dump, each, eachMatch, eachMatch, eachWithIndex, every, every, find, find, findAll, findAll, findIndexOf, findIndexOf, findIndexValues, findIndexValues, findLastIndexOf, findLastIndexOf, findResult, findResult, findResult, findResult, getAt, getMetaClass, getMetaPropertyValues, getProperties, grep, grep, hasProperty, identity, inject, inject, inspect, invokeMethod, is, isCase, isNotCase, iterator, metaClass, print, print, printf, printf, println, println, println, putAt, respondsTo, respondsTo, setMetaClass, split, sprintf, sprintf, stream, tap, toString, use, use, use, with, with, withCloseable, withMethodClosure, withStream, withTraits
                                
Power of an integer to an integer certain exponent. If the exponent is positive, convert to a BigInteger and call BigInteger.pow(int) method to maintain precision. Called by the '**' operator.
exponent -  an Integer exponent