Program to calculate the power of a number using recursion in C

Source Code

// 36. Program to calculate the power of a number using recursion
// Arpan Das - CST 2nd Year (VOCLET)

#include <stdio.h>
//#include <conio.h>
//#include <stdlib.h>

int power(int, int);

int main () {
	int num, pwr, res=1;
	//system("cls");
	//clrscr();

	printf("\t\t..:: calculate the power of a number using recursion ::..\n\n");
	printf("please enter a number and power respectively: ");
	scanf("%d%d", &num, &pwr);

	res = power(num, pwr);
	printf("\n%d^%d = %d", num, pwr, res);

	//getch();
}

int power(int num, int pwr) {
	if (pwr == 0) {
		return 1;
	} else {
		return num * power(num, pwr-1);
	}
}

/*int power(int num, int pwr, int res) {
	if (pwr > 0) {
		res *= num; //8
		pwr--;//0
		power(num, pwr, res); // 2, 0, 8
	} else {
		return res;
	}
}*/

Output

	..:: calculate the power of a number using recursion ::..

please enter a number and power respectively: 2 5

2^5 = 32