rendered paste body<html>
<head>
<title>JS Challenge</title>
</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function calc() {
var output = 1;
var b = document.variables.base.value;
var e = document.variables.exponent.value;
var i;
for(i=0;i<e;i++){
if(e == 0) {
output = 1;
}
else if(b == 0) {
output = 0;
}
if(e < 0) {
output/=b;
}
else {
output*=b;
}
}
alert(output);
}
</script>
<body>
<form name="variables">
<input type="text" name="base"><br>
<input type="text" name="exponent"><br>
<input type="button" value="Calculate" onclick="calc()"<br>
</form>
</body>
</html>