Need some help doing somethin in c++

Question

Im trying to make a program to make expoent math but i cant do it for some reason, Here is the code

int expoent(int b, int e){
long result = b;
if (e > 1){
for (int i = e; i <= 1; i--){
result *= b;
return result;
}
}else if (e = 1){
return result;
}
}
int main()
{
int c;
int f;
cout << "input base" << endl;
cin >> c;
cout << "input expoent" << endl;
cin >> f;
int z = expoent (c,f);
cout << "the result is " << z;

Answer 1

Right after the closing bracket of for loop.

Answer 2

thanks very much ir works now

Answer 3

1. function expoent return type is int, but you're returning long.
2. in for loop, condition "i<=1", should be "i>=1".
3. return result, shouldn't be inside for loop otherwise it'll end the function in the first iteration only.
4. also takes care of power 0, result should be 1.

Answer 4

in the loop condicionado since Im doing i -- the condicionado should be <= 1

Answer 5

Imagine, user wants the result of, 2 raise to power 3.
Then in for loop, first value of i will be 3, which is greater than 1 and the condition will be false, so for loops will not be executed.
So the condition should be, "i>=1", to be exact it should be "i>1".

Answer 6

oh ok
and the returno should be where?