Power Function in Python
Samath
Posted by Samath
Last Updated: March 02, 2015

Write a function power in python (not recursive) that raises an integer n to its nth power and returns that value. If n is less than or equal to 0 then the function should return 0.

e.g.
power(3) = 3**3 = 27
power(4) = 4**4 = 256

Code:

import math

def power(n):
    if(n<=0):
        return 0
    else:
        return math.pow(n,n)

 

Write a recursive function sumSeries (using the power function from part 1 ) which computes the following value for an input integer n:

If n is less than or equal to 0 return 0

Code:

def sumSeries(n):
    if(n<=0):
        return 0
    else:
        return power(n)+sumSeries(n-1)

 
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