X to the power of Y using recursion in C ++

                                           

#include<iostream.h>

float powerec(float b, float r)
{
 if(r==0)
  return 1;
 else
  return(b*powerec(b,r-1));
}

void main()
{
 float b,r;
 b=0; r=0;
 cout<<"\nEnter The Base: ";
 cin>>b;
 cout<<"\nEnter The Power: ";
 cin>>r;
 float res=powerec(b,r);
 cout<<"\nThe Result Is: "<<res;
}