Power Functions returning Zero

Hey all,

I think I must be brain damaged, because I am having the dumbest problem. I need a power function for a program, and every single one I use is returning zero at all times. I've tried the math.h pow() and two other functions, one recursive and one non-recursive.

The frustrating thing is that this is a tiny, trivial part of what I'm trying to do (find the root of a scalar equation with newton's method), and I can't even seem to get out of the gate.

I've tried compiling with g++ and gcc (need g++ for pow() of course), I've tried changing the value of j, swapping j and cx, changing the types of j and cx, and a whole bunch of other junk.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here's the code, along with the debugging statements that prove to me that I'm getting the wrong answer.

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Code:

#include<math.h>

double calcPolyFunctionAtX(double cx);
double power(double px, int y);
double power2( double base, int exp );

/* ********************* */

/* Main */



int main()

{

double f;

/* unimportant stuff */

f = calcPolyFunctionAtX(x); 

/* unimportant stuff */
}


/* ********************* */
/* Function for calculating polynomial at x */

double calcPolyFunctionAtX(double cx){

int j;
double answer;
answer = 0;
double z;
z = 0;

	for(j=2; j<21; j++){

		z = pow(cx, j);

	printf("The value of cx is %d \n", cx); /* giving me correct values */
	printf("The value of j is %i \n\n", j); /* giving me correct values */

        /* all of these are giving me incorrect values */
	printf("The value of cx to the jth power by custom non-recursive power function is %d \n", power(cx, j) );
printf("The value of j to the cxth power by custom non-recursive power function is %d \n", power(j, cx) );

	printf("The value of cx to the jth power by built-in pow function is %d \n", pow(cx, j) );
printf("The value of j to the cxth power by built-in pow function is %d \n", pow(j, cx) ); 

	printf("The value of cx to the jth power by power2 recursive function is %d \n", power2(cx, j) );
printf("The value of j to the cxth power by power2 recursive function is %d \n", power2(j, cx) ); */



	}

/* other junk */

return answer;
}

double power(double px, int y){
double product = 1.0;
int g;

for(g=1; g<=y; g++) {
	product *= px;
	}

return product;

}

double power2( double base, int exp )
{

int i;
   if ( exp < 0 )
       return 1.0/power2(base, -exp);

  double product = 1.0;

  for ( i = 1 ; i <= exp ; i++ )
    product *= base;

  return product;
}

 

The problem is that ya have used the specifier %d for double type......that is not valid.....i suggest try %l or %lf

 

Thanks! I'll give that a try when I get off work. Although, I'm confused -- those functions all return a double, so shouldn't I specify a double?

Thanks!

 

%d is an integer....

 

Ah, ok. Thanks DaWei. That might be causing me problems elsewhere too.

 

Yeah.... so I used %f and now all the power functions are returning 0.000000.

Any other ideas?

Thanks in advance...

 

Oh wait... my bad... it's working with %lf.

Yay!!!

Thanks to you both.