/* power(m,n) - Write a non-recursive function to find m^n where m is a real number and n is an integer */

#include  <stdio.h>
#include  <conio.h>
#include  <stdlib.h>

float  power(float  m, int  n)
{
    int  i ;
    float  result=1 ;
    for(i=1 ; i<=abs(n) ; i++)
        result=result*m;
    if(n<0)
        return  (1/result) ;
    else
        return  result;
}

void main()
{
    int  n ;
    float  m ;
    clrscr() ;
    printf("Enter m and n: ");
    scanf("%f  %d", &m, &n);
    printf("m raise to n is %f", power(m,n) );
    getch();
}

/*
Output1:

Enter m and n: 2.5  3
m raise to n is 15.625000

Output2:

Enter m and n: 2  -3
m raise to n is 0.125000
*/