reduce.py

from functools import reduce

#  def manual_exponent(num, exp):
#      computed_list = [num] * exp
#      return (reduce(lambda total, element: total * element, computed_list))
#
#
#  print(manual_exponent(2, 3))
#  print(manual_exponent(10, 2))
#  print(manual_exponent(3, 3))
#  print(manual_exponent(10, 5))

def manual_exponent(num, exp):
    counter = exp - 1
    total = num

    while counter > 0:
        total *= num
        counter -= 1

    return total

print(manual_exponent(2, 3))
print(manual_exponent(10, 2))
print(manual_exponent(3, 3))
print(manual_exponent(10, 5))