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merged 9 commits into from
Feb 9, 2025
12 changes: 7 additions & 5 deletions divide_and_conquer/power.py
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
def actual_power(a: int, b: int):
def actual_power(a: int, b: int) -> int:
"""
Function using divide and conquer to calculate a^b.
It only works for integer a,b.
Expand All @@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ def actual_power(a: int, b: int):
"""
if b == 0:
return 1
half = actual_power(a, b // 2)

if (b % 2) == 0:
return actual_power(a, int(b / 2)) * actual_power(a, int(b / 2))
return half * half
else:
return a * actual_power(a, int(b / 2)) * actual_power(a, int(b / 2))
return a * half * half


def power(a: int, b: int) -> float:
Expand All @@ -43,9 +45,9 @@ def power(a: int, b: int) -> float:
-0.125
"""
if b < 0:
return 1 / actual_power(a, b)
return 1 / actual_power(a, -b)
return actual_power(a, b)


if __name__ == "__main__":
print(power(-2, -3))
print(power(-2, -3)) # output -0.125