Program to find maximum value of an integer for which factorial can be calculated on a machine, assuming that factorial is stored using basic data type like long long int.
The idea is based on that fact that, in most of the machines, when we cross limit of integer, the values becomes negative.
C
// C program to find maximum value of // an integer for which factorial can // be calculated on your system#include <stdio.h> int findMaxValue(){ int res = 2; long long int fact = 2; while (1) { // when fact crosses its size, // it gives negative value if (fact < 0) break; res++; fact = fact * res; } return res - 1;} // Driver Codeint main(){ printf ("Maximum value of integer : %d\n", findMaxValue()); return 0;} |
Java
// Java program to find maximum value of // an integer for which factorial can be// calculated on your systemimport java.io.*;import java.util.*; class GFG{ public static int findMaxValue() { int res = 2; long fact = 2; while (true) { // when fact crosses its size, // it gives negative value if (fact < 0) break; res++; fact = fact * res; } return res - 1; } // Driver Code public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Maximum value of"+ " integer " + findMaxValue()); }} |
Python3
# Python3 program to find maximum value of # an integer for which factorial can be# calculated on your systemimport sysdef findMaxValue(): res = 2; fact = 2; while (True): # when fact crosses its size # it gives negative value if (fact < 0 or fact > sys.maxsize): break; res += 1; fact = fact * res; return res - 1; # Driver Codeif __name__ == '__main__': print("Maximum value of integer:", findMaxValue()); # This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar |
C#
// C# program to find maximum value of // an integer for which factorial can // be calculated on your systemusing System; class GFG{ public static int findMaxValue() { int res = 2; long fact = 2; while (true) { // when fact crosses its size, // it gives negative value if (fact < 0) break; res++; fact = fact * res; } return res - 1; } // Driver Code public static void Main() { Console.Write("Maximum value of"+ " integer " + findMaxValue()); }} // This code is contributed by nitin mittal |
PHP
<?php// PHP program to find maximum // value of an integer for which // factorial can be calculated// on your systemfunction findMaxValue(){ $res = 2; $fact = 2; $pos = -1; while (true) { // when fact crosses its size, // it gives negative value $mystring = $fact; $pos = strpos($mystring, 'E'); if ($pos > 0) break; $res++; $fact = $fact * $res; } return $res - 1;} // Driver Codeecho "Maximum value of". " integer " . findMaxValue(); // This code is contributed by Sam007?> |
Output :
Maximum value of integer : 20
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