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In this article we will learn to implement a C program to find the factorial of a given number. A C program is provided below which reads a number and returns the factorial of that number using recursive and non-recursive functions.

 

Program is as follows:

/*
 * C program to find the factorial of a given number using recursive and non-recursive functions
 * Author: P.S.SuryaTeja
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int factorial(int n)
{
	int i, fact = 1;
	for(i = n; i > 1; i--)
		fact = fact * i;
	return fact;
}

int rfactorial(int n)
{
	if(n == 0 || n==1)
		return 1;
	else
		return n * rfactorial(n - 1);
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	int n;
	printf("Enter a positive number: ");
	scanf("%d", &n);
	printf("\n");
	printf("Non-recursive solution: %d! = %d", n, factorial(n));
	printf("\n");
	printf("Recursive solution: %d! = %d", n, rfactorial(n));
    getch();
    return 0;
}

 

Input and output for the above program is as follows:

Enter a positive number: 5

Non-recursive solution: 5! = 120
Recursive solution: 5! = 120

 

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Suryateja Pericherla

Suryateja Pericherla, at present is a Research Scholar (full-time Ph.D.) in the Dept. of Computer Science & Systems Engineering at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. Previously worked as an Associate Professor in the Dept. of CSE at Vishnu Institute of Technology, India.

He has 11+ years of teaching experience and is an individual researcher whose research interests are Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Computer Security, Network Security and Blockchain.

He is a member of professional societies like IEEE, ACM, CSI and ISCA. He published several research papers which are indexed by SCIE, WoS, Scopus, Springer and others.

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