Counting exponent with long variables and Arrays, still error .. help anyone?

[breakdance77]

Hello!

i'm new to this forum, hope this comes to the right place ..

I'm still learning Java, trying to program a method what will calculate exponent from a basenumber.
it seems to work, but still gives error message.

here is the code:

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import java.util.Scanner;

public class Count_exponent

{



public static void main(String[] args)
{


int i, a, b, baseNumber, toExpo;
int number1, number2;

Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in );
System.out.println("Give the base Number: ");
number1= input.nextInt(); // read first number from user
System.out.println("Give the toExponent number: ");
number2= input.nextInt(); // read second number from user



baseNumber = number1;

toExpo = number2;



long[] longArray = new long[toExpo];


a=0;
b=1;




for (i=0; i<toExpo; i++)
{
longArray[i]=(long)baseNumber;
System.out.println(longArray[i]);
}

for (i=0; i<toExpo; i++)
{
longArray[a]=longArray[a]*longArray[b];
System.out.println (longArray[0]); // this line prints on screen the exponent counted
b=b+1; // at every step
}

System.out.println ( "Answer is: ");
System.out.println (longArray[0]); // program seems to count exponents ok, but gives

} // error before printing the final answer.

}
// Can anyone help me with
// this program, what is it doing
// wrong?
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[Norm]

but still gives error message.

Please copy and paste here the full text of the error message.

what is it doing
// wrong?

Please explain by showing the output and saying what is wrong with it and show what it should be.

[breakdance77]

Please copy and paste here the full text of the error message.



Please explain by showing the output and saying what is wrong with it and show what it should be.

Give the base Number: 2
Give the toExponent number: 8

Step 0 on exponent calculation: 4
Step 1 on exponent calculation: 8
Step 2 on exponent calculation: 16
Step 3 on exponent calculation: 32
Step 4 on exponent calculation: 64
Step 5 on exponent calculation: 128
Step 6 on exponent calculation: 256

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 8
at Count_exponent.main(Count_exponent.java:52)

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Up there is the output, the program asks for parameters, base number ( the number to be raised to exponent x), and the exponent. There i used number 2 as base number, and 8 as the exponent. seems to calculate it fine. But gives an error still.
Anyone can help me with this problem?

Thanx,
Breakdance


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here is the code again.
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import java.util.Scanner;

public class Count_exponent

{



public static void main(String[] args)
{


int i, a, b, baseNumber, toExpo;
int number1, number2;

Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in );
System.out.println("Give the base Number: ");
number1= input.nextInt(); // read first number from user
System.out.println("Give the toExponent number: ");
number2= input.nextInt(); // read second number from user



baseNumber = number1;

toExpo = number2;



long[] longArray = new long[toExpo];

/** Array to be initialized, for example if
* the basenumber is 2, and the exponent is 3,
* then the array variable longArray[0] will be 2 ..
* .. longArray[1] will be 2, .. and longArray[2] will be 2.
*
* So to say, toExpo -variable is the exponent, and it
* rules the number of fields in type long[] variable
* longArray. */
a=0;
b=1;




for (i=0; i<toExpo; i++)
{
longArray[i]=(long)baseNumber; /** .. and here the initialization goes on ..
System.out.println(longArray[i]); * same base number goes to all of the longArray variables
* fields. */
}
for (i=0; i<toExpo; i++)
{
longArray[0]=longArray[0]*longArray[b];

/** And here happens the actual calculation ..
* for example, if the base number is 2, and is to be
* raised to exponent 3, the first field of array is
* calculated like field#0 x field#1, then for-loop
* loops again after raising help variable b +1,
* after that new value of field#0 is calculated
* field#0 x field#2, and field#0 gets a new value
* again .. and so on.
* Until field#0, that is longArray[0], should
* contain the correct answer, with the basenumber
* raised to its given exponent.
* To make it even more simple, 2 x 2 x 2 = 8. */

b=b+1;

System.out.print("Step " + i + " on exponent calculation: ");
System.out.println (longArray[0]);
}

System.out.println ( "Answer is: ");
System.out.println (longArray[0]); // program seems to count exponents ok, but gives out
} // error before printing the final answer.
}

[Norm]

rrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 8
at Count_exponent.main(Count_exponent.java:52)

Look at line 52 in the source. There is an index to an array that is past the end of the array. Check your logic to see why the index gets to 8 if the array does not have 9 elements. Remember first element is 0.

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[breakdance77]

thanx, that was more simple then i thougt, the for loop was wrong, for (i=0; i<toExpo-1; i++) would have been correct.
Works now!