Any way faster than pow() to compute an integer power of 10 in C++?

Question

I know power of 2 can be implemented using << operator. What about power of 10? Like 10^5? Is there any way faster than pow(10,5) in C++? It is a pretty straight-forw

Answer 1

You can use the lookup table which will be by far the fastest

You can also consider using this:-

template 
T expt(T p, unsigned q)
{
    T r(1);

    while (q != 0) {
        if (q % 2 == 1) {    // q is odd
            r *= p;
            q--;
        }
        p *= p;
        q /= 2;
    }

    return r;
}