C++ Language program to calculate factorial of a number using for loop

In this article i will explain How to write/create a program to find/get/calculate factorial of entered number using For loop in C++ language.

Description:  To calculate factorial of number, simply multiply  from 1 to that number or that number to 1 i.e. the factorial of a number 'n' is the product of all number from 1 up to the number 'n' or from 'n' up to 1 and it is denoted by n!.

Rule: n! = n*(n-1)!

So 1! = 1
     2! = 2×1 = 2
     3! = 3×2×1 = 6
     4! = 4×3×2×1 = 24
     5! = 5×4×3×2×1 = 120

  For example if n=6 then factorial of 6 will be calculated as 1*2*3*4*5*6= 720 or 6*5*4*3*2*1=720.  So 6 != 720.

Implementation: Let's create a C++ program to calculate Factorial of a number.

#include<conio.h>
#include<iostream.h>
int main()
{
    clrscr();
  unsigned long long int  fact=1;
  int i,n;
  cout<<"Enter any positive number to calculate its factorial: ";
  cin>>n;
  for(i=n;i>=1;i--)
  {
    fact=fact*i;
  }
  cout<<"\nFactorial of " <<n<<" = "<<fact;
  getch();
  return 0;
} 

Note:  We can also use 
for(i=1;i<=n;i++)
  {
    fact=fact*i;
  }  
instead of 
for(i=n;i>=1;i--)
  {
    fact=fact*i;
  }  
in the above program to calculate the factorial of a number.

  • Run the program using Ctrl+F9
 Output:

 Enter any positive number to calculate its factorial: 5
  Factorial of 5 = 120

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