/**
 * Driver for genpoly Class 
 *
 */
public class testGenpoly
{

	/**
	 * Pause waits for the user to type a return before continuing.
	 *
	 * @param No arguments.
	 */
	public static void pause(){
		System.out.print("Type return to contd:");
		System.out.flush();
		try {System.in.read();}
		catch (Exception e){}
	}
	
	/**
	 * The main entry point for the application. 
	 * This one computes the function "base^exponent"
	 * where base and exponent are passed through the command line:
	 * 	"driverGenpoly base expo"
	 * E.g.	driverGenpoly 2 0.5
	 *	will compute the sqrt of 2.
	 */
	public static void main (String[] args)
	{
		double base=0.0, expo=0.0;

		if (args.length == 0)
			System.out.println("usage: driverGenpoly base expo");
		try
		{	base = (Double.valueOf(args[0])).doubleValue();
			expo = (Double.valueOf(args[1])).doubleValue();
		} catch(NumberFormatException e)
		{	System.out.println("bad number format");
		}

		double xx = Math.exp(expo * Math.log(base));
		System.out.println(" Math.(base^exponent) = " +  xx);

		genpoly gp = new genpoly(base, expo);
		System.out.println("gp.valAt(10) = "+ gp.valAt(10) +"\n");
		System.out.println("gp.valAt(100) = "+ gp.valAt(100) +"\n");
		System.out.println("gp.valAt(1000) = "+ gp.valAt(1000) +"\n");
		pause();

	}
}