power function for integers?

mki Joined: 09/23/07 Posts: 7

Posted: 09/23/07 18:44:31 Hello, I would like to ask for exp power-functions for integers (integer base, nonnegative integer exponent). For the exponent, ubyte would be sufficient. So the signature might be something like long exp(long,ubyte) For example: exp(3,7) would give 37 = 2187 The overflow case needs to be considered, for efficiency it might be the best simply not to care for overflows.

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Don Clugston Joined: 10/05/05 Posts: 6	Posted: 09/26/07 11:03:24 import tango.math.Math; long intpow(long base, ubyte exponent) { return rndlong(pow(base, exponent)); }