/**
* @file
* @brief Iterative implementation of
* [Factorial](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial)
*
* @author [Renjian-buchai](https://github.com/Renjian-buchai)
*
* @details Calculates factorial iteratively.
* \f[n! = n\times(n-1)\times(n-2)\times(n-3)\times\ldots\times3\times2\times1
* = n\times(n-1)!\f]
* for example:
* \f$4! = 4\times3! = 4\times3\times2\times1 = 24\f$
*
* @example
*
* 5! = 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1
*
* Recursive implementation of factorial pseudocode:
*
* function factorial(n):
* if n == 1:
* return 1
* else:
* return factorial(n-1)
*
*/
#include <cassert> /// for assert
#include <cstdint> /// for integral types
#include <exception> /// for std::invalid_argument
#include <iostream> /// for std::cout
/**
* @namespace
* @brief Mathematical algorithms
*/
namespace math {
/**
* @brief Calculates the factorial iteratively.
* @param n Nth factorial.
* @return Factorial.
* @note 0! = 1.
* @warning Maximum=20 because there are no 128-bit integers in C++. 21!
* returns 1.419e+19, which is not 21! but (21! % UINT64_MAX).
*/
uint64_t iterativeFactorial(uint8_t n) {
if (n > 20) {
throw new std::invalid_argument("Maximum n value is 20");
}
// 1 because it is the identity number of multiplication.
uint64_t accumulator = 1;
while (n > 1) {
accumulator *= n;
--n;
}
return accumulator;
}
} // namespace math
/**
* @brief Self-test implementations to test iterativeFactorial function.
* @note There is 1 special case: 0! = 1.
*/
static void test() {
// Special case test
std::cout << "Exception case test \n"
"Input: 0 \n"
"Expected output: 1 \n\n";
assert(math::iterativeFactorial(0) == 1);
// Base case
std::cout << "Base case test \n"
"Input: 1 \n"
"Expected output: 1 \n\n";
assert(math::iterativeFactorial(1) == 1);
// Small case
std::cout << "Small number case test \n"
"Input: 5 \n"
"Expected output: 120 \n\n";
assert(math::iterativeFactorial(5) == 120);
// Medium case
std::cout << "Medium number case test \n"
"Input: 10 \n"
"Expected output: 3628800 \n\n";
assert(math::iterativeFactorial(10) == 3628800);
// Maximum case
std::cout << "Maximum case test \n"
"Input: 20 \n"
"Expected output: 2432902008176640000\n\n";
assert(math::iterativeFactorial(20) == 2432902008176640000);
// Exception test
std::cout << "Exception test \n"
"Input: 21 \n"
"Expected output: Exception thrown \n";
try {
math::iterativeFactorial(21);
} catch (std::invalid_argument* e) {
std::cout << "Exception thrown successfully \nContent: " << e->what()
<< "\n";
}
std::cout << "All tests have passed successfully.\n";
}
/**
* @brief Main function
* @returns 0 on exit
*/
int main() {
test(); // Run self-test implementation
return 0;
}