odd results using exponent notation in expressions

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Writing an expression to control the scale of a layer. 

I'm using variable t to represent a value between 0 and 1.

At t=0, the expression:

(1-t)^2

returns the number 3. The expected value is 1. 

Meanhile, (1-t)*(1-t) returns the correct value of 1. 

This makes me think I am denoting exponents incorrectly altogther-- that the carrot "^" is NOT how you represent "to the power of" in AE expressions. 

Can someone explain what's going on here? 

[Mylenium · Accepted solution]

Correct. Exponents are Math.pow(base,exponent). Nothing specific to AE, general JavaScript math and there are enough web sites out there that explain it. The ^ on the other hand would be a special operator to enforce bytewise processing, which isn't even relevant for AE, only for certain web engines.

Mylenium 

[videowizard.io]

great, thanks @Mylenium 

[Dan Ebberts · Accepted solution]

Instead of ^, use **:

t=0;
(1-t)**2

[videowizard.io]

Ahh of course! Forgot to try that. That's how it works in Python too. Thanks Dan.