Write the definition of a function powerto, which receives two parameters. the first is a double and the second is an int. the function returns a double. if the second parameter is negative, the function returns 0. otherwise, it returns the value of the first parameter raised to the power of the second.

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19 June, 05:17

Write the definition of a function powerto, which receives two parameters. the first is a double and the second is an int. the function returns a double. if the second parameter is negative, the function returns 0. otherwise, it returns the value of the first parameter raised to the power of the second.

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Finn Herring · Answer 1

One of the things you can do is use recursion so the code you can use is like this, in order to do it simplier:

double powerTo (double x, int y)

{

if (y < 1)

return 1;

else

{ return x * (powerTo (x, y-1));

}

}