title: Write You Own Power Without Using Multiplication And Division
signature: def writeYouOwnPowerWithoutUsingMultiplicationAndDivision(a: Int, b: Int) = {
test_code: import scala.collection.mutable.HashMap
  import scala.collection.immutable.HashSet
  
  
  // SOLUTION CODE
  // ============================================
  PLACEHOLDER_CODE_BODY
  
  
  // TESTING CODE 
  // ============================================
  def validateSolution(actual: Int , expected: Int): Boolean = {
      actual.toString == expected.toString
  }
  
  def driver(a: Int, b: Int, expected: Int): String = {
      try {
          if (validateSolution(PLACEHOLDER_FN_NAME(a, b),expected)) {
              "PASSED"
          } else{
              "FAILED"
          }
      }catch{
          case e: Exception => {e.getClass.getName}
      }
  
  }
  object QuestionEvaluator extends App {
  
      println(s"TEST-0...${driver(
        66, 4, 
        18974736    
      )}")   
  
  }
  
source_py: def write_you_own_power_without_using_multiplication_and_division(a, b):
      if (b == 0):
          return 1
      answer = a
      increment = a
      for i in range(1, b):
          for j in range(1, a):
              answer += increment
          increment = answer
      return answer
source_cpp: int write_you_own_power_without_using_multiplication_and_division(int a, int b) {
    if ( b == 0 ) return 1;
    int answer = a;
    int increment = a;
    int i, j;
    for ( i = 1;
    i < b;
    i ++ ) {
      for ( j = 1;
      j < a;
      j ++ ) {
        answer += increment;
      }
      increment = answer;
    }
    return answer;
  }