Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#define BAD -1
int Power(int x, int n);
main()
{
Power(3,20);
}
int Power(int x, int n)
{
int middle;
if(n < 0) exit(BAD);
else if(n == 1) return x;
else if(n == 0) return 1;
else if( (n % 2) == 0) // even
{
middle = n/2;
printf("In even middle = %d\n", middle);
return Power(x, middle) * Power(x, middle);
}
else
if( (n % 2) == 1) //odd
{
middle = n/2;
printf("In odd middle = %d\n", middle);
return Power(x, middle) * Power(x, middle) * x;
}
}
I am trying to get it to do something like this, if it is (x^10) it will do (x^5)*(x^5), and if x^11 it will do (x^5)*(x^5)*x.
It works for Power(3, (0->4)), but once I make the power higher than 4 or 5 it will give me the incorrect answer. I dont know why it works up to a limit of numbers, and then starts to give me wrong answers.
Thanks.