Developing A Loop To Solve Powers In Kotlin Android - loops

Question

**I have been given an assignment which I have been stuck on for the last few weeks as I have no clue on where to proceed on how to do it.
The Question is as Follows:
The app must be able to calculate powers. For example, if the user enters 2 and 3,
the calculation should be 23. Do this calculation by using a loop, to calculate 2 x 2 x 2.
Use the notation 2^3 = 8 for the display>
Here Is the code that I managed to do for the rest of the app **
package com.example.poepart1_1
import android.os.Bundle
import android.widget.Button
import android.widget.EditText
import android.widget.TextView
import android.widget.Toast
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import java.lang.Math.sqrt
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
private lateinit var num1: EditText // User Entered Variable 1
private lateinit var num2: EditText // User Entered Variable 2
private lateinit var add: Button // The addition Button
private lateinit var minus: Button // The Subtraction Button
private lateinit var multiply: Button // The Multiplication Button
private lateinit var division: Button // The division Button
private lateinit var sqroot: Button
private lateinit var power: Button
private lateinit var output: TextView // The Text View Output that displays the answer to the given sum.
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
//Linking all attributes and finding their ID's that I have assigned them to in the .xml file
num1 = findViewById(R.id.num1)
num2 = findViewById(R.id.num2)
add = findViewById(R.id.add)
minus = findViewById(R.id.minus)
multiply = findViewById(R.id.multiply)
division = findViewById(R.id.division)
sqroot = findViewById(R.id.sqroot)
power = findViewById(R.id.power)
output = findViewById(R.id.output)
power.setOnClickListener {
if (num1.text.toString() == "0") {
Toast.makeText(this, "You Cannot Use 0 As A Power. Please Enter A Different Value", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
}else{
val num = num1.text.toString().toInt()
val num2 = num2.text.toString().toInt()
val result = "$num ^ $num2 ="
output.text = "$result"
}
}
}
}```