Calculating Factorials: A Program to Find Factorial of a Number in c
Coding Factorial Calculation: Program to Compute Factorial of a Given Number
A C program to find the factorial of a given number is a program that calculates the product of all positive integers up to a given number. The factorial of a non-negative integer 'n' is denoted by 'n!' and is defined as the product of all positive integers from 1 to n. For example, the factorial of 5
is 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 120.
C Program to calculate the factorial value using recursion.
C programming
#include<stdio.h>
int fact(int n);
int main() {
int x, i;
printf("Enter a value for x: \n");
scanf("%d", &x);
i = fact(x);
printf("\nFactorial of %d is %d", x, i);
return 0;
}
int fact(int n) {
/* n=0 indicates a terminating condition */
if (n <= 0) {
return (1);
} else {
/* function calling itself */
return (n * fact(n - 1));
/*n*fact(n-1) is a recursive expression */
}
}
Output:
Enter a value for x:
4
Factorial of 4 is 24
Explanation:
fact(n) = n * fact(n-1)
If n=4
fact(4) = 4 * fact(3) there is a call to fact(3)
fact(3) = 3 * fact(2)
fact(2) = 2 * fact(1)
fact(1) = 1 * fact(0)
fact(0) = 1
fact(1) = 1 * 1 = 1
fact(2) = 2 * 1 = 2
fact(3) = 3 * 2 = 6
Thus fact(4) = 4 * 6 = 24
Terminating condition(n <= 0 here;) is a must for a recursive program. Otherwise the program enters into an
infinite loop
C -Program to find the factorial of a given number using a for loop
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int n, i;
unsigned long long factorial = 1;
printf("Enter an integer: ");
scanf("%d", &n);
// Check if the input number is negative
if (n < 0)
printf("Error: Factorial of a negative number doesn't exist.");
else
{
for (i = 1; i <= n; ++i)
{
factorial *= i; // factorial = factorial * i;
}
printf("Factorial of %d = %llu", n, factorial);
}
return 0;
}
Attention : The above program prompts the user to enter an integer and calculates the factorial of the given number using a for loop. It also checks if the input number is negative, in which case it displays an error message. The result is then displayed on the screen.
Further Reading:
Calculating Factorials: A Program to Find Factorial of a Number
Design a function to finding factorial of given number in c
Design a recursive Function For Finding The Factorial of given Number in c
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