creating a recursive function that will print out a number to a power

[fresheze13]

im trying to create a recursive function that i can call on in order to take a user inputed base and exponent and give final answer this is what i have but im completely lost after this i dont even know how to continue any help is appreciated this is what i have so far

[code}#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int Exp(int x,int y){
if(base <= 1 || exp == 0) return 1;
if(exp == 1) return base;
int main(){
int number, exp;
double base;
cout << "Base: ";
cin >> base;
cout << "Exp: ";
cin >> exp;
cout << "Ans: " << Exp(base, exp) << endl;
return 0;
}[/code]

after i set the base situations im not sure how to get the function to make the function take the base to the exponent recursively any help is appreciated

[LB]

"base" does not exist in your function. Also you're missing braces and spacing everywhere.

Edit your post and put [code] before your code and [/code] after it.

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    std::cout << "Hello, World!" << std::endl;
}

[fresheze13]

i thought that i could declare the variable before the function is called in the main program and im not sure what you mean by code

[eklavya sharma 2]

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