Write a program that computes x^y

Now just put those two together.

first of all, you need to put the line

import java.lang.Math

at the beginning of your program. Then, you need to initialise values to x and y, maybe have a user input there. Then, use what r035198x said, Math.pow(x,y);

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Im assuming you know how to do the rest.

merlingorea at 2007-7-14 22:11:39 >

thanks for your replies guys. =)

anyway, as oxbow_lakes said, i already have this idea on me.

the pseudo-code is something like this:

let x be the base.

let y be the exponent.

if y is 0, x is the answer.

if not,

for(n =0 to y-1)

x*=x

n++

then x is the answer..

how exactly would i implement that in java?

is that im going to use the pow function only?

thanks guys for helping me.

grace_a at 2007-7-14 22:11:39 >

So start with a basic Java Hello World example. Have you got that to work? You can modify a simple Hello World program to do what you want. By the way, a Java for loop looks like this:

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

System.out.println("i = " + i);

}

So it's for( initialize ; test-condition ; increment )

oxbow_lakesa at 2007-7-14 22:11:39 >