Post labs are to be done individually. Sharing files between students is not allowed. Doing so is an Academic Integrity violation, and will be treated as such.
The accumulator pattern appears in a lot of mathematical structures. In this post-lab you will demonstrate your understanding of the accumulator pattern by writing a power function.
Create a function called compute_power(base, exponent)
in a file called power.py. This function should have two
parameters: a floating point value representing the base of the
power and an integer representing the exponent. It should return a
floating point value representing the exponentiation of raising the
base to the specified power. The function should not use
the ** operator.
Recall that exponentiation is simply:
$$ b^n = \underbrace{b \times b \times \ldots \times b \times b}_n$$
Where there are \(n\) occurances of \(b\) in the terms on the right hand side of the equation.
Test your function by calling the function multiple times with different parameters. Make sure you follows the course's code conventions.
| Function Parameters | Expected Output |
|---|---|
| 1, 0 | 1 |
| 1, 1 | 1 |
| 2, 0 | 1 |
| 2, 1 | 2 |
| 2, 2 | 4 |
| 2, 3 | 8 |
| 2, 10 | 1024 |
Submissions for post labs are to be done via the inquire system. Go to http://inquire.roanoke.edu/ You should see a section for post labs. Submit your .py file to the appropriate post lab location.
Post labs are to be done individually. Sharing files between students is not allowed. Doing so is an Academic Integrity violation, and will be treated as such.