How to write a function that can calculate power in Java. No loops

Question

I\'ve been trying to write a simple function in Java that can calculate a number to the nth power without using loops.
I then found the Math.pow(a, b) class...

Answer 1

A recursive method would be the easiest for this :

int power(int base, int exp) {
    if (exp != 1) {
        return (base * power(base, exp - 1));
    } else {
        return base;
    }
}

where base is the number and exp is the exponenet