public class TestExponent1
{
   public static void main (String [] args)
	{
	     System.out.println (exponent1 (2,3));
	}

   public static int exponent1 (int x,int  y)
	{
	   int answer;
		answer = x;
	   if (y == 1)
		{
		
		}
	   if (y > 1)
		{
		   answer = answer * x;
			exponent1 (x, y-1);
		}
		return answer;	
	}
}