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

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 Header...

//
// Poor man's pow() calculation with only positive integer exponents
// Calculates base to the power of exponent
//


 int main(){
»  double base=1.414;
»  int exponent=4;
»  double result;

»  result=1.0;
»  for ( int tmpexp=exponent;tmpexp>0; --tmpexp) 
    result*=base;

»  printf("%f to the power %d is %f\n", base, exponent, result);
»  return 0;
}
 ...

Data

exponent (int)   base (double)
128   136
4
  
1.414
result (double)
144
1.2827874e+192
tmpexp (int)
132
4

Memory

main()

128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
exponent = 4
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136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
base = 1.414
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
result = 1.2827874e+192

main(): for()

132
133
134
135
tmpexp = 4

NB: the actual memory address of each variable is the
address shown plus 4294154160 (0xFFF397B0).

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Output

1.414000 to the power 4 is 3.997584
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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