To print and sum of following series x + x^2 + x^3 + x^4..........x^n

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

void main ()

{

       cout<<"Please enter the Base (X) here:";

       int base;

       cin>>base;

       cout<<"Please enter the power (n) here: ";

       int power;

       cin>>power;

       cout<<"\n"; // for line space only

       int i=1; //outer loop

       int ans=1;

       int sum=0;

       while (i<=power)

       {

      

             cout<<i<<"^"<<power<<" ";

                                       

                                 if (i!=power)  // for control the '+' sign

                                        cout<<" + ";

                                 else

                                        ; // black statement

             for (int j=1; j<=i;j++)

             {

              ans=ans*base; //base multiply it self by number of power e.g. 2^3= 2*2*2 = 8

              

             }

             sum=sum+ans;

             ans=1; // for remove the old value

       i++; // increament of the outer loop

       }

       cout<<"\n\nThe sum of the above series is:"<<sum<<endl;

}