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#include<stdio.h>

int power(int m, int n);

/*
 * Test power function
 */
main() {
    int i;

    for (i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
        printf("%d %d %d\n", i, power(2, i), power(-3, i));

    return 0;
}

/*
 * Raise base to n-th power; n >= 0
 */
int power(int base, int n) {
    int i, p;

    p = 1;

    for (i = 1; i <= n; ++i)
        p = p * base;
    return p;
}