int result = 0;
           //loop to calculate the multiply() method   
           for(int i = 1; i <= secondNumber; i++)
           {
              result += firstNumber;
                            
           }
           System.out.println("The result is: "+ result);

//usage <filename> x y where you want x^y
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  int answer;
  answer = function add_power(argv[0], argv[1]);
  printf("%d to the power %d is %d\n", argv[0], argv[1], answer);
  return 0;
}

int add_power(x, y)
{
  int i;
  int retval;

  if(y == 1)
  {
    return x;
  }
  else
  {
    for(i = 0; i < x; i++)
    { 
      retval += add_power(x, y-1)     
    }
   return retval;
  }
}