# exp.

$n = 2;

$e_n = exp($n);
print "e^$n = $e_n\n";

sub my_factorial {
    my $n = shift;
    my $s=1;
    my $r=1;
    while ($s <= $n) {
        $r *= $s;
        $s++;
    }
    if($n == 0) {
        $r=0;
    }
    return $r;
}

sub my_exp_x {
    my $x = shift;
    my $max_iterations = shift;

    my $result = 1 + $x;
    my $i = 2;
    
    while ($i < $max_iterations) {

        $result += ($x ** ($i)) / (my_factorial($i));

        $i++;

    }
    
    return $result;
}

print "test: ", my_exp_x($n,1000);

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