# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Sat Nov 18 09:48:31 2017

@author: Sandbox999
"""
#this is Sandbox's Python Code

# ** is the symbol for expontentiation

myBase = int(input("please enter the base: "))
myExponent = int(input("please enter the exponent: "))

def myPower(base, exponent):
    return base**exponent

print(myPower(myBase, myExponent))