C Primer Plus (第6版）编程练习9.11.9

新手代码，大佬勿喷，自己学习过程中的一些记录。

/* Programming Exercise 9-8 */
#include <stdio.h>
double power(double a, int b); /* ANSI prototype */
double power2(double a,int b);

int main(void)
{
	double x, xpow;
	int n;
	printf("Enter a number and the integer power");
	printf(" to which\nthe number will be raised. Enter q");
	printf(" to quit.\n");
	while (scanf("%lf %d", &x, &n) == 2)
	{
		xpow = power(x, n); /* function call */
		printf("%.3g to the power %d is %.5g\n", x, n, xpow);
		printf("Enter next pair of numbers or q to quit.\n"); 
	}
	printf("Hope you enjoyed this power trip -- bye!\n");
	return 0;
}
double power(double a, int b) /* function definition */
{
	double pow = 1;
	int i;
	if (b == 0)
	{
		if (a == 0)
			printf("0 to the 0 undefined; using 1 as the value\n");
		pow = 1.0;
	}
	else if (a == 0)
		pow = 0.0;
	else if (b > 0)
		pow = power2(a, b);
	else /* b < 0 */
		pow = 1.0 / power2(a, -b);
	return pow; /* return the value of pow */
}

double power2(double a,int b)
{
	double pow;

	if (b > 0)
		pow = a * power2(a, b - 1);
	else 
		pow = 1;
	return pow;
}