PRACTICE

Default & Keyword Arguments

Exercise

Your task

Define power(base, exponent=2) returning base ** exponent. Print power(5), then power(2, exponent=5).

Expected output

25
32

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def power(base, exponent=2):
    pass

OUTPUT

Worked solution

def power(base, exponent=2):
    return base ** exponent

print(power(5))
print(power(2, exponent=5))

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