Update power.py

teacher-mrdv · Jun 7, 2022 · 6ae724c · 6ae724c
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commit 6ae724c
Showing 1 changed file with 13 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/python/power.py b/python/power.py
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
-def power(base, exponent):
+def positive_power(base, exponent):
     result = 1
     counter = exponent
+    print(str(base) + "^" + str(exponent) )
     while counter > 0:
+        #print( "result=" + str(result) + 'counter=' + str(counter) )
         result = result * base
         counter = counter - 1
+    #print( "result=" + str(result) + 'counter=' + str(counter) )
     return result
 
-print( power(2, 8) )
+def power(base, exponent):
+    if exponent < 0:
+        return 1/positive_power(base, -exponent)
+    else:
+        return positive_power(base, exponent)
+
+print( power(2, 8) )
+print( power(2, 0) )
+print( power(2, -2) )