Newb...Variable Exponents

[iXPhound]

Hi All;

Have what I hope is an easy question that is driving me insane. I hope this isn't terribly stupid as I am new to Java. I have an int digitCount and this is what I am trying to do. Simply...

System.out.println(10^(digitCount)); ... and is ^ even to the power of? When I try the same line replacing (digitCount) with 2, the result I get is 8 ?

The result I am trying to get is 10 to the power of the value of digitCount. Is there a way to do this without using a recursive method?

TIA!!!!

 

[Bones3]

The "^" is actually the logical exclusive or. You are going to have to brute force this, but you won't have to do it recursively. Everything that can be done recursevely can be done with loops, and this one would be rather simple to do with a for loop.

To start you off...

for(int i = 0; i < digitCount; i++)
{
  // ...
}

-Bones

 

[timw]

What's wrong with the Math.pow(double a, double b) method?

System.out.println( Math.pow(10, digitCount) );

Tim

 

[iXPhound]

thanks very much guys....the help is much appreciated!!!