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Rad factorial algorithm
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#include <stdio.h> | |
#include <stdlib.h> | |
#include <string.h> | |
#include <errno.h> | |
int factorial(int n) { | |
int ans[200]; // answer can have a max of 200 digits. | |
int temp, // <- carry | |
m, // <- ones place of the prod, to put in the array | |
prod, // product of the current digit | |
i, j; // some counters | |
ans[0] = 1; // the first digit | |
m = 1; // digit counter | |
temp = 0; | |
for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) { | |
for (j = 0; j < m; j++) { | |
prod = (ans[j] * i) + temp; // the product per digit * digit | |
ans[j] = prod % 10; // the digit in j | |
temp = prod / 10; // the carry value | |
} | |
while (temp != 0) { // the carry value on the array | |
ans[m] = temp % 10; // the digit to put in the array | |
temp = temp / 10; // new temp (if any) | |
m++; // increment the digit counter | |
} | |
} | |
for (i = m-1; i >= 0; i--){ // print the answer | |
printf("%d", ans[i]); | |
} | |
printf("\n"); | |
return 0; | |
} | |
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { | |
if (argc < 2) { | |
printf("Error: please supply an integer on the command line.\n"); | |
printf("%s\n", strerror(1)); | |
return 1; | |
} else { | |
factorial(atoi(argv[1])); | |
} | |
return 0; | |
} |
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