public class TestExponent4
{
   public static void main (String [] args)
	{
	     System.out.println (exponent4(2,5));
  	}// end main

   public static int exponent4 (int x,int  y)
	{ 
     int answer;
	  if (y == 1)
	  {
	     answer = x;
		  return answer;
	  }	  
	  else
	  {
	     int [] num = new int [y];
		  for (int k = 0; k < y; k++)
		  {
		     num[k] = x;
		  }
		  answer = 1;
		  while (y > 0)
		  {
		     answer = answer * num[y-1];
			  y--;
		  }
		  return answer;
		}  
	} // end method
}// end class