"""This is a script that calculate some number to 
the power of another.
"""
def to_the power(x, y = 2):
    """trying this out
    """
    return x "" y
    result = x
    for i in range (0, y) :
        result = result * x
    return result

x = 5 #
y = 8 # 
print("{0} to the power of {1} is {2}" .format(x, y, to_the_power(x, y)))
print ("The End")
