Factorial program in C | C++ and Java

What is factorial of a number?

Factorial program in c c++ and java : Factorial number is the product of positive descending integers. Factorial of a number is denoted by n!

Note: Factotial of zero is one and factorial for a negative number doesnot exists.

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Example of a factorial number:

4! = 4*3*2*1 = 24

3! = 3*2*1 = 6

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In mathematics basically factorial is used in permutaion and combinations i.e. nPr and nCr.

Pre-requisite Programming concepts:

• Data-types in C, C++ and Java
• Input output operations in C, C++ and Java
• Addition and Multiplication Operator in C, C++ and Java
• For loop in C, C++ and Java

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Logic for factorial program in C, C++ and Java

• Just take the input of a number for which you want to calculate the factorial.
• Define factorial variable and assign 1 to it. Choose the datatype as double or long long int in case of C/C++
• Loop from one to that number. Better use for loop.
• Update the product of the factorial and index variable for each iteration.
• When the for loop exits then we will have the factorial value stored in that variable

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Factorial program in C

How to write a factorial program in c ?

Below is the c program to find factorial of a number

//c program for factorial of a number
#include<stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char const *argv[])
{
	int num;
	printf( "Factorial program in c\nEnter a number to find factorial\n" );
	scanf("%d",&num);
	long long factorial=1;
	//calculate factorial
	for (int i=1 ; i<=num ; i++ )
	{
		factorial=factorial*i;
	}
	printf("\nFactorial of %d is : %lld ",num,factorial);
	return 0;
}

Factorial program using recursion in c

//Factorial program using recursion in c
#include <stdio.h>
int find_factorial(int);
int main(void) {
    int n,f;
    printf("\nEnter number to find factorial\n");
    scanf("%d", &n);
    factorial = find_fact(n);
    printf("%d", factorial);
    return 0;
}

int find_fact(int n){
    return n > 1 ? n * fact(n - 1) : 1;
}

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Factorial program in C++

Below is the factorial program in c++ programming language.

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(int argc, char const *argv[])
{
	int num;
	cout<<"Factorial program in c\nEnter a number to find factorial\n";
	cin>>num;
	long long factorial=1;
	//calculate factorial
	for (int i=1 ; i<=num ; i++ )
	{
		factorial=factorial*i;
	}
 	cout<<"\nFactorial of"<<num<<" is : "<<factorial<<endl;
	return 0;
}

Factorial program using recursion in c++

//Factorial program using recursion in c++
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int fact(int);
int main(void) {
    int n,f;
    cout<<"\nEnter number to find factorial\n";
    cin>>n;
    factorial = fact(n);
    cout<<"Factorial is :<< factorial;
    return 0;
}

int fact(int n){
    return n > 1 ? n * fact(n - 1) : 1;
}

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Factorial program in java

Below is the factorial program in java using scanner.

import java.util.Scanner;
public class factorial {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		int number;
		System.out.println("Java program to find factorial of a number");
		//read the number using scanner class
		System.out.println("Enter a number to find its factorial:");
		Scanner stdin=new Scanner(System.in);
		number=stdin.nextInt();
		long  factorial=1;
		//finds factorial
		for(int i=1; i<=number ;  i++)
		{
			factorial=factorial*i;
		}
		System.out.println("Factorial of "+number+" is "+factorial);
	}

}

Factorial program in java using while loop

//factorial program in java using while loop


import java.util.Scanner;
public class factorial {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		int number;
		System.out.println("Java program to find factorial of a number");
		//read the number using scanner class
		System.out.println("Enter a number to find its factorial:");
		Scanner stdin=new Scanner(System.in);
		number=stdin.nextInt();
		long  factorial=1;
		//finds factorial
                int i=1;
                while(i<=number)
               {
                factorial=factorial*i;
                i++;
               }
		System.out.println("Factorial of "+number+" is "+factorial);
	}

}

Factorial program using recursion in java

How to write factorial program in java?

Answer:

import java.util.Scanner;
public class factorial {
static int find_factorial(int n)
{
 return n > 1 ? n * find_factorial(n - 1) : 1;
}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		int number;
		System.out.println("Java program to find factorial of a number");
		//read the number using scanner class
		System.out.println("Enter a number to find its factorial:");
		Scanner stdin=new Scanner(System.in);
		number=stdin.nextInt();
		System.out.println("Factorial of "+number+" is "+find_factorial(n));
	}

}

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