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Hackerrank Extra Long Factorials Solution

Hackerrank Extra Long Factorials Solution

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The factorial of the integer , written , is defined as:

Calculate and print the factorial of a given integer.

For example, if , we calculate  and get .

Function Description

Complete the extraLongFactorials function in the editor below.  It should print the result and return.

extraLongFactorials has the following parameter(s):

  • n: an integer

Note: Factorials of  can't be stored even in a  long long variable. Big integers must be used for such calculations. Languages like Java, Python, Ruby etc. can handle big integers, but we need to write additional code in C/C++ to handle huge values.

We recommend solving this challenge using BigIntegers.

Input Format.MathJax_SVG_Display {text-align: center; margin: 1em 0em; position: relative; display: block!important; text-indent: 0; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0; min-height: 0; width: 100%} .MathJax_SVG .MJX-monospace {font-family: monospace} .MathJax_SVG .MJX-sans-serif {font-family: sans-serif} .MathJax_SVG {display: inline; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; font-size-adjust: none; text-indent: 0; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; word-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0; min-height: 0; border: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0} .MathJax_SVG * {transition: none; -webkit-transition: none; -moz-transition: none; -ms-transition: none; -o-transition: none} .mjx-svg-href {fill: blue; stroke: blue} .MathJax_SVG_LineBox {display: table!important} .MathJax_SVG_LineBox span {display: table-cell!important; width: 10000em!important; min-width: 0; max-width: none; padding: 0; border: 0; margin: 0}

Input consists of a single integer

Constraints.MathJax_SVG_Display {text-align: center; margin: 1em 0em; position: relative; display: block!important; text-indent: 0; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0; min-height: 0; width: 100%} .MathJax_SVG .MJX-monospace {font-family: monospace} .MathJax_SVG .MJX-sans-serif {font-family: sans-serif} .MathJax_SVG {display: inline; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; font-size-adjust: none; text-indent: 0; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; word-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0; min-height: 0; border: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0} .MathJax_SVG * {transition: none; -webkit-transition: none; -moz-transition: none; -ms-transition: none; -o-transition: none} .mjx-svg-href {fill: blue; stroke: blue} .MathJax_SVG_LineBox {display: table!important} .MathJax_SVG_LineBox span {display: table-cell!important; width: 10000em!important; min-width: 0; max-width: none; padding: 0; border: 0; margin: 0}

Output Format.MathJax_SVG_Display {text-align: center; margin: 1em 0em; position: relative; display: block!important; text-indent: 0; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0; min-height: 0; width: 100%} .MathJax_SVG .MJX-monospace {font-family: monospace} .MathJax_SVG .MJX-sans-serif {font-family: sans-serif} .MathJax_SVG {display: inline; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; font-size-adjust: none; text-indent: 0; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; word-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0; min-height: 0; border: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0} .MathJax_SVG * {transition: none; -webkit-transition: none; -moz-transition: none; -ms-transition: none; -o-transition: none} .mjx-svg-href {fill: blue; stroke: blue} .MathJax_SVG_LineBox {display: table!important} .MathJax_SVG_LineBox span {display: table-cell!important; width: 10000em!important; min-width: 0; max-width: none; padding: 0; border: 0; margin: 0}

Print the factorial of .

Sample Input.MathJax_SVG_Display {text-align: center; margin: 1em 0em; position: relative; display: block!important; text-indent: 0; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0; min-height: 0; width: 100%} .MathJax_SVG .MJX-monospace {font-family: monospace} .MathJax_SVG .MJX-sans-serif {font-family: sans-serif} .MathJax_SVG {display: inline; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; font-size-adjust: none; text-indent: 0; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; word-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0; min-height: 0; border: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0} .MathJax_SVG * {transition: none; -webkit-transition: none; -moz-transition: none; -ms-transition: none; -o-transition: none} .mjx-svg-href {fill: blue; stroke: blue} .MathJax_SVG_LineBox {display: table!important} .MathJax_SVG_LineBox span {display: table-cell!important; width: 10000em!important; min-width: 0; max-width: none; padding: 0; border: 0; margin: 0}

Sample Output.MathJax_SVG_Display {text-align: center; margin: 1em 0em; position: relative; display: block!important; text-indent: 0; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0; min-height: 0; width: 100%} .MathJax_SVG .MJX-monospace {font-family: monospace} .MathJax_SVG .MJX-sans-serif {font-family: sans-serif} .MathJax_SVG {display: inline; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; font-size-adjust: none; text-indent: 0; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; word-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0; min-height: 0; border: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0} .MathJax_SVG * {transition: none; -webkit-transition: none; -moz-transition: none; -ms-transition: none; -o-transition: none} .mjx-svg-href {fill: blue; stroke: blue} .MathJax_SVG_LineBox {display: table!important} .MathJax_SVG_LineBox span {display: table-cell!important; width: 10000em!important; min-width: 0; max-width: none; padding: 0; border: 0; margin: 0}

Explanation.MathJax_SVG_Display {text-align: center; margin: 1em 0em; position: relative; display: block!important; text-indent: 0; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0; min-height: 0; width: 100%} .MathJax_SVG .MJX-monospace {font-family: monospace} .MathJax_SVG .MJX-sans-serif {font-family: sans-serif} .MathJax_SVG {display: inline; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; font-size-adjust: none; text-indent: 0; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; word-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0; min-height: 0; border: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0} .MathJax_SVG * {transition: none; -webkit-transition: none; -moz-transition: none; -ms-transition: none; -o-transition: none} .mjx-svg-href {fill: blue; stroke: blue} .MathJax_SVG_LineBox {display: table!important} .MathJax_SVG_LineBox span {display: table-cell!important; width: 10000em!important; min-width: 0; max-width: none; padding: 0; border: 0; margin: 0}

Solution in java8

Approach 1.

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Solution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
        Integer n = in.nextInt();
        BigInteger b =BigInteger.valueOf(1);
        for(Integer i=1;i<=n;i++)
            b=b.multiply(BigInteger.valueOf(i));
        System.out.println(b);
    }
}

Approach 2.

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.math.BigInteger;

public class Solution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
        
        int baseNumber=s.nextInt();
        
        BigInteger factorial=BigInteger.ONE;
        
        for(int i=baseNumber;i>1;i--){
            factorial=factorial.multiply(BigInteger.valueOf(i));
        }
        
        System.out.println(factorial);
        
    }
}

Approach 3.

import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.*;

/**
 * Problem:[Algorithm Practice]
 * Extra Long Factorials
 * Created by litengyao on 2016/3/28.
 */
public class Solution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
        int N = input.nextInt();
        BigInteger result = BigInteger.ONE;
        for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++) {
            result=result.multiply(new BigInteger(i+""));
        }
        System.out.println(result);
    }

}

Solution in python3

Approach 1.

a = int(input())
p = a
for i in range (1,a-1):
    p = p*(a-i)
print(p)

Approach 2.

total = 1
for x in range(1, int(input())+1):
    total *= x
print(total)

Approach 3.

n = int(input())

sum = 1

for i in range(1, n+1):
    sum = sum * i

print(sum)

Solution in cpp

Approach 1.

#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;
int mul(int *r,int x,int s){
    int c=0;
    for(int i=0;i<s;i++){
        int p=r[i]*x+c;
        r[i]=p%10;
        c=p/10;
    }
    while(c){
        r[s]=c%10;
        c=c/10;
        s++;
    }
    return s;
}
void fact(int n){
    int r[500];
    r[0]=1;
    int s=1;
    for(int x=2;x<=n;x++)
        s=mul(r,x,s);
    for(int i=s-1;i>=0;i--)
        cout<<r[i];
}
int main() {
    /* Enter your code here. Read input from STDIN. Print output to STDOUT */   
    int n;
    cin>>n;
    fact(n);
    return 0;
}

Approach 2.

#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;
void fact(int );
int multiply(int , int [], int );
int main() {
    /* Enter your code here. Read input from STDIN. Print output to STDOUT */
	int N;
	cin>>N;
	fact(N);
	return 0;
}
void fact(int n)
{
    int res[200];
    res[0] = 1;
    int res_size = 1;
    for (int x=2; x<=n; x++)
        res_size = multiply(x, res,res_size);
    for(int x=res_size-1;x>=0;x--)
        cout<<res[x];
}
int multiply(int x, int res[], int res_size)
{
    int carry = 0;
    for (int i=0; i<res_size; i++)
    {
        int prod = res[i] * x + carry;
        res[i] = prod % 10; 
        carry  = prod/10;   
    }
    while (carry)
    {
        res[res_size] = carry%10;
        carry = carry/10;
        res_size++;
    }
    return res_size;
}

Approach 3.

#include<iostream>
#include<sstream>
#include<list>
using namespace std;
void multiply(int n)
{
    list<int> queue;
   long long int i=5,f,l,pop,sum,carry;
    queue.push_back(4);
    queue.push_back(2);
    while(i<=n)
        {
    l=queue.size();sum=0,carry=0;
    while(l)
    {
        pop=queue.front();
        queue.pop_front();
        f=pop*i+carry;
        sum=f%10;
        carry=f/10;
        queue.push_back(sum);
                l--;
    }
    while(carry)
        {
        queue.push_back(carry%10);
        carry/=10;
        }
    i++;
        }
    l=queue.size();
while(!queue.empty())
{
    cout<<queue.back();
    queue.pop_back();
}
}
int main()
{
   long long int x,i,f=1;
    cin>>x;
    if(x>3)
        multiply(x);
        else
            {
            for(i=1;i<=x;i++)
            f*=i;
        cout<<f;
            }
}

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