Electrical
and Computer Engineering
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UAH
CPE 112
Revisiting the Power Function
float power (int base, int
exponent)
{
• int i =1;
• float result =
1.0;
•
while (i <= abs(exponent))
{
result = result *
base;
• i++;
• }
• if (exponent <
0)
• result = 1.0/result;
return result;
}