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@babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator

NOTE: This plugin is included in @babel/preset-env, in ES2016

Example

In

JavaScript
let x = 10 ** 2;

x **= 3;

Out

JavaScript
let x = Math.pow(10, 2);

x = Math.pow(x, 3);

Installation

npm install --save-dev @babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator

Usage

babel.config.json
{
"plugins": ["@babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator"]
}

Via CLI

Shell
babel --plugins @babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator script.js

Via Node API

JavaScript
require("@babel/core").transformSync("code", {
plugins: ["@babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator"],
});

References