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  Value and type of last evaluated expression: Address of array element: Address of array elementx:  (none)

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// // Return base to the power of exponent. // If base == zero and exponent < zero, // print a warning and return zero //
double mypow(double base,int exponent){
  ...
» double result=1.0; » if (base==0.0&&exponent<0) { » printf("WARNING: mypow called with zero base and negative exponent\n"); » return 0.0; } » while (exponent>0) { » result*=base; » --exponent; } » while (exponent<0) { » result/=base; » ++exponent; } » return result;
} int main(){
  ...
» printf("Base: %g\n", mypow(6.1, 3)); » return 0;
}

Data

mypow()

base (double)   result (double)
128   136
6.1
  
1
exponent (int)
176
3

Memory

mypow()

128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
base = 6.1
136
137
138
139
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142
143
result = 1
176
177
178
179
exponent = 3

NB: the actual memory address of each variable is the
address shown plus 4293806472 (0xFFEE4988).

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Output

Base: 226.981
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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