//CS5-HMC-Sp.,00-Lab 11
//A. Khakpour, Apr., 00

import java.io.*;

class Power
{
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Read in values for x and y from standard input, and computes
   //  x to the power y.
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
   public static void main (String[] args) throws IOException
   {
      InputStreamReader a = new InputStreamReader(System.in);   
      BufferedReader b = new BufferedReader(a);
      String c;

      System.out.print ("Enter the value of x: ");
      c = b.readLine();
      int x = Integer.parseInt(c);

      System.out.print ("Enter the value of y: ");
      c = b.readLine();
      int y = Integer.parseInt(c);

      System.out.println("x to the power y equals: " + power(x,y));   
   }

   //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Recursively compute x to the y and return the result.
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
   public static int power (int x, int y)
   {
      if (y == 0)
         return 1;
      return  x * power(x, y-1);
   } 
}