DOC: Add example for np.ma.power as part of #22269

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/ma/core.py b/numpy/ma/core.py
index 8c4ad37eb..91309bb3d 100644
--- a/numpy/ma/core.py
+++ b/numpy/ma/core.py
@@ -6900,6 +6900,32 @@ def power(a, b, third=None):
     The *out* argument to `numpy.power` is not supported, `third` has to be
     None.
 
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> import numpy.ma as ma
+    >>> x = [11.2, -3.973, 0.801, -1.41]
+    >>> mask = [0, 0, 0, 1]
+    >>> masked_x = ma.masked_array(x, mask)
+    >>> masked_x
+    masked_array(data=[11.2, -3.973, 0.801, --],
+             mask=[False, False, False,  True],
+       fill_value=1e+20)
+    >>> ma.power(masked_x, 2)
+    masked_array(data=[125.43999999999998, 15.784728999999999,
+                   0.6416010000000001, --],
+             mask=[False, False, False,  True],
+       fill_value=1e+20)
+    >>> y = [-0.5, 2, 0, 17]
+    >>> masked_y = ma.masked_array(y, mask)
+    >>> masked_y
+    masked_array(data=[-0.5, 2.0, 0.0, --],
+             mask=[False, False, False,  True],
+       fill_value=1e+20)
+    >>> ma.power(masked_x, masked_y)
+    masked_array(data=[0.29880715233359845, 15.784728999999999, 1.0, --],
+             mask=[False, False, False,  True],
+       fill_value=1e+20)
+
     """
     if third is not None:
         raise MaskError("3-argument power not supported.")