task 4

Author: tpauldike

0x08-recursion/4-pow_recursion.c

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+#include "main.h"
+
+/**
+ * _pow_recursion - Returns the value of x raised to the power of y.
+ * @x: The number to be raised.
+ * @y: The power.
+ *
+ * Return: The value of x raised to the power of y.
+ */
+int _pow_recursion(int x, int y)
+{
+	int result = x;
+
+	if (y < 0)
+		return (-1);
+
+	else if (y == 0)
+		return (1);
+
+	result *= _pow_recursion(x, y - 1);
+
+	return (result);
+}