where to start with power program?

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I want to get the power of any number from 1-8 what would I put in the pow ( )? I was thinking x or str(x) or just something that is variable

x should be a integer,so then you need to convert input to int().
x is not a good name.

base_vaule = int(input("Enter Base Value: "))

Inside function a loop:

>>> base_value = 3
>>> for n in range(1, 9):
...     print(base_value ** n)
3
9
27
81
243
729
2187
6561

So base_value is outside function,you give it as a argument to the function my_pow(base_value):.
my_ is used so it don't overwrite build in pow().