//        File: test.cpp
//        Author: Elena Machkasova
//        Date:  Sept 1998
//        Class: CS112
//        Assignment: test program for gdb lab
// -----------------------------------------------------
// This program uses the recursive function "power" to compute 
// an integer positive power of an integer base.
//

#include <iostream>

using namespace::std;

int power(int,int);

int main()
{
  int base, exponent, result;

  cout << "please enter the base: ";
  cin >>  base;
  cout << "please enter the exponent >0: ";
  cin >>  exponent;

  result = power(base, exponent);
  cout << "the result is " << result << endl;

  return 0;
}

int power (int base, int exponent)
{
  if (exponent == 1)
    return base;
  else 
    return base * power(base, exponent);
}