C Program to find the power of a number

It is easy to find the power of any number in calculator. For doing the same in a C program needs 

an algorithm. 

Algorithm 

Identify the base number -> Identify the exponent -> find power.

This can be illustrated with an example of 23. 

Here Base is '2'; exponent is '3' and the power is 2*2*2 = 8. 

#include 
int main()
{
    int base, exponent;

    long result = 1;

    printf("Enter a base number: ");
    scanf("%d", &base);

    printf("Enter an exponent: ");
    scanf("%d", &exponent);

    while (exponent != 0)
    {
        result *= base;
        --exponent;
    }

    printf("Answer = %ld", result);

    return 0;
}