![The power operators: Powers of matrices and matrix elements](https://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/files/2012/07/t_powerops.png)
I received the following question: In the DATA step I always use the ** operator to raise a values to a power, like this: x**2. But on your blog I you use the ## operator to raise values to a power in SAS/IML programs. Does SAS/IML not support the **