code blocks power function is not working in c

Question

i am using code block for learning c. my code is

#include
#include
int main()
{
  int x;
  x = pow(5,2);
  printf(\"%d\", x);
}

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Answer 1

Try changing initialization to this:

int x=-1 ,i=-1 ,j=-1;

And last print to this:

printf("pow(%d, %d) == %d\n", i, j, x);

That should give good hint about the problem. Also, check return values of scanf, they should return number of items read, ie. 1 with code above.

It's almost certain, that you entered invalid input for scanf, and i or j were left uninitialized, and that 24 is just garbage value.

Also, compile with warnings enabled, and fix them (like, add return 0; to end of main).