Input number a and number b output number a's power by b

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int pow(int a, int b)
{
    int p = a;
    int br = 0;
    for (int i = 1; i <b; i++)
    {
        p = p * a;
        if (br == b)
        {
            return p;
        }

            br++;

    }
    return p;
}


int main() {
    int a;
    int b;
    cout << "Choose number a and b: \n";
    cin >> a; cin >> b;
    cout << pow(a, b);
}