# Pow(x, n)(recursive, iterative)

Implement[pow(*x*,*n*)](http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/valarray/pow/), which calculates *x\_raised to the power\_n*(xn).

**Example 1:**

```
Input:
 2.00000, 10

Output:
 1024.00000
```

**Example 2:**

```
Input:
 2.10000, 3

Output:
 9.26100
```

**Example 3:**

```
Input:
 2.00000, -2

Output:
 0.25000

Explanation:
 2
-2
 = 1/2
2
 = 1/4 = 0.25
```

分析

iterative

N = 9 = 2^3 + 2^0 = 1001 in binary. Then:

x^9 = x^(2^3) \* x^(2^0)

We can see that every time we encounter a 1 in the binary representation of N, we need to multiply the answer with x^(2^i) where**i**is the**ith**bit of the exponent. Thus, we can keep a running total of repeatedly squaring x - (x, x^2, x^4, x^8, etc) and multiply it by the answer when we see a 1.

```
class Solution:
    def myPow(self, x, n):
        """
        :type x: float
        :type n: int
        :rtype: float
        """
        # if n == 0:
        #     return 1
        if n < 0:
            x = 1 / x

        ans = 1
        m = abs(n)
        while m > 0:
            if m&1 == 1:
                ans *= x
            m>>=1
            x*=x
        return ans
```

recursive

```
class Solution:
    def myPow(self, x, n):
        """
        :type x: float
        :type n: int
        :rtype: float
        """
        if n < 0:
            return 1/self.myPow(x,-n)
        if n == 0:
            return 1
        res = self.myPow(x,n//2)
        if n%2 == 0:
            return res*res
        return res*res*x
```


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