C++ Program on Exponentiation using multiplication

  #include <iostream.h>
   int exp (int b, int e)
   {
     int result;
     result = 1;
     while (e != 0)
     {
       result = result * b;
       e = e - 1;
     }
     return(result);
   }
   int main ()
   {
     int b, e;
     cout << "Enter base and exponent: ";
     cin >> b >> e;
     cout << b << " to the " << e << " = " << exp(b,e) << endl;
     return(0);
   }