power.c File Reference

Program to calculate exponentiation More...

#include <assert.h>

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Functions
long	power (int a, int b)
	Returns the value of the first argument raised to the power of the second argument. More...
static void	test ()
	Test function. More...
int	main ()
	Driver Code. More...

Detailed Description

Program to calculate exponentiation

Author

Du Yuanchao

Function Documentation

main()

int main

(

void

)

Driver Code.

Returns

0 on exit

{
    test();
    return 0;
}

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power()

long power	(	int	a,
		int	b
	)

Returns the value of the first argument raised to the power of the second argument.

Parameters

a	the base.
b	the exponent.

Returns

the value

a 

b 

.

{
    long result = 1;
    for (int i = 1; i <= b; ++i)
    {
        result *= a;
    }
    return result;
}

test()

static void test ( void  )

static

Test function.

Returns

void

{
    assert(power(0, 2) == 0);
    assert(power(2, 3) == 8);
    assert(power(2, 10) == 1024);
    assert(power(3, 3) == 27);
}

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