/* RaiseToPower: doing exponentiation using a "for" loop  */

// a generalized for loop
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class RaiseToPower {
   public static void main( String[] args )
   {

		int base, exponent;
		int result = 1;

    	// Prompt the user to enter the base
    	String numString1 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, 
      	"What is the base? ", "Input Number Window", 
      	JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
    
    	// Convert the string into an int value
    	base = Integer.parseInt(numString1);

    	// Prompt the user to enter the exponent
    	String numString2 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, 
      	"What is the exponent? ", "Input Number Window", 
      	JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
    
    	// Convert the string into an int value
    	exponent = Integer.parseInt(numString2);

		// "for" loop
      	for(int index = 1; index <= exponent; index++) 
      	{
			result *= base;
		 }
  		System.out.println(base + " to the power of " + exponent + " is " + result);

      	System.exit( 0 );   
   } // end main
} // end of program