Calculate factorial using recursion

Write a C program to calculate factorial using recursion. Here’s a Simple Program to find factorial of a number using recursive methods in C Programming Language.

This Program prompts user for entering any integer number, finds the factorial of input number and displays the output on screen.

Factorial of a Number : :

A factorial of a number x is defined as the product of x and all positive integers below x. A factorial is product of all the number from 1 to the user specified number.

The factorial of a positive number n is given by ::

factorial of n (n!) = 1*2*3*4….n

The factorial of a negative number doesn’t exist. And the factorial of 0 is 1. You will learn to find the factorial of a number using recursion method in this example.

Using Recursion : :

We will use a recursive user defined function to perform the task. Here we have a function fact( ) that calls itself in a recursive manner to find out the factorial of input number.

Below is the source code for C program to calculate factorial using recursion which is successfully compiled and run on Windows System to produce desired output as shown below :

SOURCE CODE : :

/* C program to calculate factorial using recursion */

#include<stdio.h>

long int fact(int n);

int main( )
{
        int num;
        printf("Enter any number :: ");
        scanf("%d", &num);

        printf("\nUsing Recursion ---> \n");
        if(num<0)
                printf("\nError! No factorial for negative number...\n");
        else
                printf("\nFactorial of [ %d! ] is :: %ld\n", num, fact(num) );

                return 0;
}/*End of main()*/

/*Recursive*/
long int fact(int n)
{
        if(n == 0)
                return(1);

        return(n * fact(n-1));
}/*End of fact()*/

OUTPUT : :

/* C program to calculate factorial using recursion */

Enter any number :: 7

Using Recursion --->

Factorial of [ 7! ] is :: 5040

Process returned 0

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