How to implement (x POW y) in Java, where x and y are double?

I want to calculate the power of X, y, x, y are double values Why did Java give me a compilation error? What is the best way to do this?

I am currently using the following methods:

x^y // attempt to calculate (x pow y)

thank you.

Solution

The simplest way to implement it is still:

Take the logarithm of X (base 10); Multiply it by Y and take the negative number of the result (base 10) to get x POW y

Simply calculate it, math pow(x,y);, As has been pointed out