def main():
base = input('Please Enter An Integer for the Base: ')
exponent = input ('Please Enter An Exponent: ')
def power (base, exponent):
if exponent == 0:
return base
else :
return base * power(base, exponent - 1)
main()
SAMPLE OUT:
Enter an integer for the base: 2
Enter an integer for the exponent: 5
2 to the power 5 equals 32
If this is Python 3, use string formatting like this:
result = power(base, exponent)
print("{} to the power of {} equals {}".format(base, exponent, result))
In Python 2,
print "%d to the power of %d equals %d" % (base, exponent, result)
print statement, and the calculation of the result, should be part of the main function, which comes before the definition of the power function.input() method. You must learn to diagnose and fix your own error messages!This is sort of working for me, but I get 1000 if I use 10 as base and 2 as the exponent. Trying to figure it out now why the math is wrong.
def main():
base = float(input('Please Enter An Integer for the Base: '))
exponent = float(input('Please Enter An Exponent: '))
result = power(base, exponent)
print("{} to the power of {} equals {}".format(base, exponent, result))
def power (base, exponent):
if exponent == 0:
return base
else :
return base * power(base, exponent - 1)
main()
powerfunction. Think about what your function would return if you hadexponent == 0andbase == 5. Now think about what the function should return.