[uppedcool]

void powers()		
		
{
		int base;
		int exponent;
		double end;
		
		
				
		
		
		while(base>-1);
	

		{
				cout<<"please enter a integer\n\n\t\t";
				cin>> base;
				cout<<"please enter a power\n\n\t\t";
				cin>> exponent;
				
			for(base=base; base<=-1; base++)
			{
				cout<<base*base;
		
			}
		
		}
		
		_getch();
}

this is the assignment

• Write a function that will raise an integer value to the nth power. The user must enter the integer, and the power. The function must display the output in the following format:

xx raised to the power x = xx

For example, if the integer is 7, and the power is 2, the output would be:

7 raised to the power 2 = 49

The function should loop repeatedly until the user enters a negative number for the integer (the negative number is called a sentinel in computerese).

can someone plz help me or at least tell me what im doing wrong?

This post has been edited by Dark_Nexus: 16 December 2006 - 01:04 AM

[jstephens]

I would rewrite you for loop to something like the following.

for (int e = 0; e < exponent; e++)
{
	base *= base;
	cout << "Base is " << base;
}

also you last code is missing the / slash.

[uppedcool]

thx alot i think i understand it now

[jstephens]

did you get it solved. After reading you thread I decided to try and build my own pow() also. It worked pretty good. don't have the code on me it is at work.