public class TestExponent6
{
   public static void main (String [] args)
	{
	     System.out.println (exponent6(3,4));
  	}// end main

   public static int exponent6 (int x,int  y)
	{ 
	  if (y <= 1)
	  {
	     return x;
	  }
	  if (y > 1)
     {
        x = x * exponent6(x, y-1);

	  }
	          return x;
	} // end method
}// end class