On 2017-03-04 19:06, Sri Kavi wrote:
I'm sorry I confused you all. I was trying to reply to Tasha Burman,
but I
was in digest mode and I didn't know how to turn it off. So far I've
been
just a lurker here. I also don't know if it's a school assignment.
Here's
how I would do it.
def power(base, exponent):
result = base
for _ in range(1, exponent):
result *= base
return result
Also, I'm still coming to grips with Python basics and programming in
general, so I need your feedback.
Some new insites:
If you initialize result to 1 rather than base, it not only simplifies
your range parameter to (exponent) rather than (1, exponent) but ALSO
eliminates the need to treat exponent==0 as a special case.
So you've only got to deal with exponent<0.
def power(base, exponent):
""" Returns base**exponent.
As yet, does not cope with negative values of exponent.
"""
result = 1
if exponent<0:
pass # earlier posts have suggested what to do
for _ in range(exponent):
result *= base
return result
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