diff --git a/General/binary_exponentiation_iterative.cpp b/General/binary_exponentiation_iterative.cpp
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+#include <iostream>
+using namespace std;
+
+#define ll long long int
+
+int bexp(ll a,ll b){
+  int res=1; //initializing result to 1
+  while(b>0){
+    if(b&1)
+      res*=a;  //if b is odd then increasing res by a factor of a
+     a=a*a; //ans in all case squaring a to get value of a^2-->a^4-->a^8-->a^16 and so on
+     b=b/2; //dividing b by 2
+  }
+  return res;
+}
+
+int main(){
+ll a,b; //calculating a^b
+cin>>a>>b;
+
+int ans=bexp(a,b);
+cout<<ans<<endl;
+
+return 0;
+}