In this example, you will learn how to write a JavaScript program to calculate the factorial of a number.
Basically, we are going to learn different ways to calculate the factorial of a number in JavaScipt.
The factorial of a number is the product of all the numbers from 1 to that number. For example,
factorial of 5 is equal to 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 = 120.
The factorial of a positive number n is given by:
factorial of n (n!) = 1 * 2 * 3 * 4.....n
The factorial of negative numbers do not exist and the factorial of 0 is 1.
JavaScript Program to Find the Factorial of a Number
Three ways to calculate the factorial of a number in JavaScript:
- With recursion
- With a while loop
- With a for loop
main.js
Let's create a main.js file and add the following code to it:
// 1. With recursion
function factorializeUsingRecursion(num) {
if (num < 0)
return -1;
else if (num === 0)
return 1;
else {
return (num * factorializeUsingRecursion(num - 1));
}
}
// 2. With a while loop
function factorializeUsingWhileLoop(num) {
var result = num;
if (num === 0 || num === 1)
return 1;
while (num > 1) {
num--;
result *= num;
}
return result;
}
// 3. With a for loop
function factorializeUsingForLoop(num) {
if (num === 0 || num === 1)
return 1;
for (var i = num - 1; i >= 1; i--) {
num *= i;
}
return num;
}
// TESTINT
console.log("Factorial of 5 -> " + factorializeUsingRecursion(5));
console.log("Factorial of 6 -> " + factorializeUsingWhileLoop(6));
console.log("Factorial of 7 -> " + factorializeUsingForLoop(7));
Note that the comments in the above code are self-descriptive.
index.html
To test JavaScript code, let's create an HTML file named index.html and add the following code to it:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
<title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="main.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Note that we have included the main.js file as an external JavaScript file:
<script src="main.js"></script>
Run index.html in Browser
Run above index.html file in browser and open dev tools console to see the output of the JavaScript code:
Factorial of 5 -> 120
Factorial of 6 -> 720
Factorial of 7 -> 5040
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