C Program to Print Factorial of a Number

September 28, 2022

Write a C program to find the Factorial of a number

Factorial is a sequence of a number where we multiply by all previous numbers. 

factorial of n (n!) = 1 * 2 * 3 * 4....n


Note : 0! = 1 and 1! = 1

Example : 
5! = 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 = 120
factorial of number in c

Methods we will discuss

  • Iterative approach for factorial
  • Recursive approach for factorial

Method 1

For an input num

  • Initialize fact = 1
  • If num < 0 : Print Error as we can’t calculate factorial of a negative number
  • Else run a iterative loop in iteration of (i) between [1, num]
  • do fact = fact * i
  • print the value of fact

C program:-

Run
#include<stdio.h>
int main ()
{
    int num = 5, fact = 1;
    
    // Can't calculate factorial of a negative number
    if(num < 0)
        printf("Error");
    else
    {
        for(int i = 1; i <= num; i++)
            fact = fact * i;
    }
    
    printf("Fact %d: %d",num, fact);
}
// Time complexity: O(N)
// Space complexity: O(1)

Output:-

Fact 5: 120

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Method 2

This method uses the recursive approach, for input num

For an input num

  • Call function getFactorial(num)
  • Set base case when num== 0 return 1
  • Other cases return num * getFactorial(num-1);

C Program

Run
#include<stdio.h>
int getFactorial(int num)
{
    if(num == 0)
        return 1;
        
    return num * getFactorial(num-1);
}
int main ()
{
    int num = 7;
    
    int fact = getFactorial(num);
    
    printf("Fact %d: %d",num, fact);
}
// Time complexity: O(N)
// Space complexity: O(1)
// Auxiliary Space complexity (Function call stack): O(N)

Output

Fact 7: 5040

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