fig05_14.c

C程序设计经典教程第5版程序示例,比较适合初级c语言的学生

/* Fig. 5.14: fig05_14.c
   Recursive factorial function */
#include <stdio.h>

long factorial( long number ); /* function prototype */

/* function main begins program execution */
int main( void )
{
   int i; /* counter */

   /* loop 11 times; during each iteration, calculate
      factorial( i ) and display result */
   for ( i = 0; i <= 10; i++ ) {
      printf( "%2d! = %ld\n", i, factorial( i ) );
   } /* end for */

   return 0; /* indicates successful termination */

} /* end main */

/* recursive definition of function factorial */
long factorial( long number )
{
   /* base case */
   if ( number <= 1 ) {
      return 1;
   } /* end if */
   else { /* recursive step */
      return ( number * factorial( number - 1 ) );
   } /* end else */

} /* end function factorial */




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