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

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double result, base=2.01;
   int exponent=4;
  // Calculate base to the power of exponential
  result=1.0;
  while (exponent>0) {// Positive exponent, as before
    result*=base;
    --exponent;
  }
  while (exponent<0) {// NEW: handle negative exponents
    result/=base;
    ++exponent;
  }

Data

exponent (int)   result (double)
132   136
4
  
2.78888424e-157
base (double)
144
2.01

Memory

132
133
134
135
exponent = 4
136
137
138
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143
result = 2.78888424e-157
144
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151
base = 2.01

NB: the actual memory address of each variable is the
address shown plus 4287336640 (0xFF8B90C0).

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