intpow.c

#include "typedef.h"
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/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
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@ int intpow(a,b);
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@ compute the b-th power of the integer a (int a, int b)
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int intpow(a,b)
int a,b;
{
int result=1;

  while(b-- > 0) {
    result *= a;
  }
  return(result);
}