Recursion to compute (a power b)

#1

please tell if this approach is correct ???
int power(int a, int b)
{
if(b==1)
{
return a;
}
int ans=a*power(a,b-1);
return ans;
}

#2

@gunjan13082000 Yes…your approach is correct. But instead you should have a base case as
if(b==0)
return a;

#3

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