Finding factorial of a number using recursion

This C example shows how to find the factorial of a number using recursion. 

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 SOURCE CODE

//C program to find factorial of a number using recursion
 
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#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
 
long factorial(int n)
{
 if(n==0)
 return 1;
 else
 return n*factorial(n-1);
 
}
void main()
{
 
 int i,n;
 long fact=1;
 clrscr();
 printf("Enter the number(<15) : ");
 scanf("%d",&n);
 
 
 fact=factorial(n);
 printf("\n %d! = %ld",n,fact);
 
 
 
getch();
}
 
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Output of the above program wll be:-

Output - Finding factorial of a number

 

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