the power function

[sicarie]

Try declaring sum right before your for loop.

[logicode]

Try declaring sum right before your for loop.

I get one error when I try to run it says parse error and points to
for (int i = 0; i < exp; i++; )

[sicarie]

I get one error when I try to run it says parse error and points to

for (int i = 0; i < exp; i++;);

Just a slight syntax error - try removing the semi-colon from the right side of the for loop.

[logicode]

Just a slight syntax error - try removing the semi-colon from the right side of the for loop.

ahh ok I dont know why but that works so here is the thing
I input 5
then input 2
it says that the answer is 5
cout<<sum

[sicarie]

ahh ok I dont know why but that works so here is the thing
I input 5
then input 2
it says that the answer is 5
cout<<sum

And your main follows pseudocode of:

declare vars
get input
call function
save function return value
print function return value

?

[logicode]

can I send in my code so you can see it

[logicode]

  for (int i = 0; i < exp; i++);
  {
    sum= base*sum;
     return sum;
   }

[sicarie]

Your return statement - you have it inside your for loop. This means you return on the first execution of the loop. You want to return when the loop is completed.

[logicode]

  for (int i = 0; i < exp; i++);
{
    sum= base*sum;
}
      return sum;

}

ok I should have seen that but in this one All I get in return is the origional value

[sicarie]

  for (int i = 0; i < exp; i++);

You still have a ';' after your for loop, remove that. For statements are a little weird in that they are not terminated by a semicolon, but the stuff inside them still is.

doStuff();
for (part1; part1; part3) {             // no ';' here
    initialize.someVariable();        // ended with a semicolon
}                                              // no ';' here either
doStuff(with.someVariable());     // ended with a semicolon

[Michael Safyan]

Before I begin...

• Readers looking for Power C++ can find it at the link.
• Readers interested in the builtin C++ power function should include <cmath> and execute "std::pow".

To answer the question...

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