I think this is a quick question.

I need to raise numbers to the fifth power. Of course, this must be done with a series of multiplications since there is no exponent support in PBP.

The largest number possible in my equation would be 43. The max I could raise that to would be two (43*43=1849 which PBP can handle directly, 43^3=79507 which is greater than 16 bit).

I know that I'll have to use the DIV32 function after the calculation to get my answer reduced to something reasonable. That's easy enough.

So what I'm wondering is, is this "legal" in PBP?:

Dummy=43*43*43*43*43
Result=DIV32 12000


My confusion comes in the fact the the PBP documentation only gives examples of multiplying two numbers, then using the DIV32.

Thanks much,

Jason