title: Write You Own Power Without Using Multiplication And Division
signature: write_you_own_power_without_using_multiplication_and_division <- function(a, b) {
test_code: 
  
  
  # SOLUTION CODE
  # ============================================
  PLACEHOLDER_CODE_BODY
  
  # TESTING CODE 
  # ============================================
  validate_solution <- function(actual, expected) {
      toString(actual)==toString(expected)
  }
  
  driver <- function(a, b, expected){
      if (validate_solution(PLACEHOLDER_FN_NAME(a, b), expected)){
          "PASSED"
      } else{
          "FAILED"
      }
  }
  
  main <- function() {
      cat(sprintf("TEST-0...%s\n",driver(
          66L, 4L, 
          18974736L
      )))
  
  }
  
  main()
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;
  }