C program to calculate exponent from command line

power.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int power(int base, int n){
  int p;

  for(p = 1; n > 0; n-- ){
    p = p * base;
  }

  return p;
}

int main(int argc, char** argv){
  int base = atoi(argv[1]);
  int n = atoi(argv[2]);
  int result = power(base, n);

  printf("\n %u to th %u power = %u\n", base, n, result);

  return 0;
}