find factorial number in java

Java Program to Find the Factorial of a Number

Factorial of a non-negative integer, is multiplication of all integers smaller than or equal to n. For example factorial of 6 is 6*5*4*3*2*1 which is 720.

find factorial number in java

Below questions may asked by interviewer

Q) So, basically what is factorial?

Ans: A factorial is a function that multiplies number by every number. For example 4!= 4*3*2*1=24. The function is used, among other things, to find the number of ways “n” objects can be arranged.

Q) How to calculate?

For example :

Consider :

  • 2! = 2 x 1 = 2

The possibility of 2! is two ways like {2,1}, { 1,2 }.

Same as like :

4! = 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24.

  • 24 = the arrangement of 4! is {1,2,3,4}, {2,1,3,4}, {2,3,1,4}, {2,3,4,1}, {1,3,2,4}, etc.

Same as like 5! , 10! , N!.

find factorial number in java

The following program has been written in 5 different ways, using while loop, for loop, do while loop, using method.

Now, let’s get into the programming part.

1. Java Program To Calculate Factorial using standard values with outputs

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/*
 * Author: Zameer Ali
 * */
class Factoral {
    public static void main(String arg[]) {
        int n = 5, fact = 1;
 
        for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
            fact = fact * i;
        }
 
        System.out.println("factoral=" + fact);
    }
}

Output:

factorial =120

2. Find Factorial Using For Loop getting user input

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/*
 * Author: Zameer Ali
 * */
import java.util.Scanner;
class Factorial {
    public static void main(String arg[])
    {
 
        long n, fact = 1;
 
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
 
        System.out.println("enter number");
 
        n = sc.nextLong();
 
        for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
 
            fact = fact * i;
 
        }
 
        System.out.println("fact=" + fact);
 
    }
}

Output:

enter number
7=5040

3. Find Factorial using Function

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/*
 * Author: Zameer Ali
 * */
import java.util.Scanner;
class Factorl {
    public static void main(String args[])
 
    {
 
        long n, fact = 0;
 
        n = Long.parseLong(args[0]);
 
        fact = factCal(n);
 
        System.out.println("fact=" + fact);
 
    }
 
    static long factCal(long x) {
        long fact = 1;
        for (int i = 1; i <= x; i++) {
 
            fact = fact * i;
 
        }
        return fact;
    }
 
}

Output:

C:\Users\ZameerAli\Desktop\E>javac.java

C:\Users\ZameerAli\Desktop\E>java Factorl 10

factorl=3628800

4. Find Factorial Using Recursion

Recursion: A Recursion is a function call itself – you can check out more information about what is recursion in java here?

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/*
 * Author: Zameer Ali
 * */
import java.util.Scanner;
class Factorl {
    public static void main(String arg[]) {
        long n;
 
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
 
        System.out.println("enter number");
 
        n = sc.nextLong();
 
        long f = Factorl.fact(n);
 
        System.out.println("factorial=" + f);
    }
 
    static long fact(long n) {
        if (n <= 0)
            return 1;
 
        return Factorl.fact(n - 1) * n;
    }
 
}

Output:

enter number
30
Factorl=8764578968847253504

5. Find Factorial Using while loop and do while loop

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/*
 * Author: Zameer Ali
 * */
import java.util.Scanner;
 
class Factrl {
    public static void main(String arg[])
 
    {
 
        long n, fact = 1;
 
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
 
        System.out.println("enter number");
 
        n = sc.nextLong();
        int i = 1;
        while (i <= n) {
 
            fact = fact * i;
            i++;
        }
 
        System.out.println("fact=" + fact);
 
    }
 
}

Output:

enter number
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fact=3628800

Do while loop example

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/*
 * Author: Zameer Ali
 * */
import java.util.Scanner;
 
class Fact1 {
    public static void main(String arg[])
 
    {
 
        long n, fact = 1;
 
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
 
        System.out.println("enter number");
 
        n = sc.nextLong();
 
        int i = 1;
 
        do {
            fact = fact * i;
            i++;
        }
        while (i <= n);
 
        System.out.println("fact=" + fact);
 
    }
 
}

Output:

output:
enter number
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fact=5040