Factorial Program in Java with Recursion #70

[@alexlorenlee]

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I find it interesting how it knows to sort of work backwards once it finally finds out what 1 is instead of just getting to 1 and stopping but it also knows to not go through the loop again.

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Beautiful. I like how he uses the print statements at the end. It helps to clarify what's going on step by step. Simply perfect.

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Wow fam these are the best videos on recursion I've seen!

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[@TKHoCal]

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[@heller2128]

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This Guy is the God of Teaching !! Damn finally understood what this Recursion means. Thank You Alex !

[@darvr4042]

I took a class that covered this topic 2 years ago, and I have an exit exam this week. This is a very good quick refresher. Thank you.

[@GraziellaDAuria]

I was sick during my lecture on this and my exam's in 6 days so it's safe to say you're saving me lol

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You do a better job of explaining programs than my professor (:

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[@abhinaviyer8958]

By far the best explanation on factorial, thanks a lot.. from 🇮🇳

[@gear1450]

This was the best video ive seen on recursion by a country mile. Thanks so much

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Thank u thank u. I'm making a calculator app where loops are not permitted, only recursion. You explained this concept super well! I just got figure out how to apply it to my assignment.

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Omg now I got the core concept of the OOP❤

[@harshasuresh4062]

This really helps Alex, Thank You!!

[@rajpradeep87]

Thanks, a great explanation especially the last part when you detailed about factorial(1)=1 and how the program calculates from last to top👏👏

[@oveamin]

precise and clear explanation with concept. Thank You

[@PawanYadav-fr6mw]

Good Explain: I understand in the last part of the video and how exactly it,s work. Thanks

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Great work here Alex!

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Something so easy, but very well explained! Thanks a lot

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Very well explained.. helped a lot for understanding this concept.

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Thoroughly explained, thank you!

[@ThinkinTomm]

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that was such a great explanation man, thank you

[@_bilarts]

You explanation is exactly what I needed to understand what the ___ this code was doing.

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excellent explanation!!!!!!!!!!

[@kyte2000]

Great channel bro, because of you I totally concepts i've been struggling with.

[@warrensnook9435]

This is a great tutorial. For a small adjustment, shouldn’t the base case technically be: if (n==1 || n == 0) { return 1; } Since 0! Is also 1?

[@YT-mm1tn]

Wow thanks so much friend!!

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Great video bro 🙏🏻

[@rafidayan123]

Amazing! Thank you for everything!

[@koshygkoshy4783]

Nice job explaining bro

[@tukapan65]

LOL。。I FINALLY UNDERSTOOD THE RECURSION. THANKS BRO

[@vibhorpant7648]

Thank you You are great teacher 👌

[@manchester250]

Thank you so much!

[@seighinv.h.6471]

Great explanation but you forgot to keep in mind that 0! is equal to 1. Super easy fix however by just updating your base case to n == 0.

[@hulza571]

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[@y_social_]

good stuff thanks.

[@automationneemo]

Good explanation. But there is a bug in this code. What would be the value of factorial(0). I think you have not consider it. If you give an input as 0, error will be thrown at run time.

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[@svajunelaurinenaite3584]

OMG. Thanks, Alex! Finally understood it! :O

[@kiradomochi4961]

!0 is 1 so the base case that should return 1 is n == 0. Everything else is perfect for every input. Otherwise if you put a 0 for n the code keeps running.

[@srijiths7126]

yes, you're right

[@lehos6843]

Yeah Now it is clear Thanks a lot 🤺

[@johnmichaelomambac4764]

thank you very much sensei.

[@albinsopaj]

What is the biggest you can input as n, so the output is a number (not specifically int)?

[@Beast80001]

thanks for this, so if i wanted to print every number up to the passed in number, I could just use a loop in the main method?

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[@stargazer8718]

How do I replace line 7 with a scanner? Need help asap!

[@hulza571]

hi i just saw your comment lemme help you first you must put import statement (import java.util.Scanner;) before public class then put Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in); inside the class declare what variable (for example, the name is num) so you type int num = input.nextInt(); (if the data type is integer) cmiiw, im still learning too

[@new1old]

Alex, as the factorial gets each result of each recursion step, where is It being stored? You don’t seem to store each iteration result in a variable. I just see the final 120.

[@entertainmentblast7234]

Can we solve it using a void return type instead of int or long, if not then why not? I'm really confused can't solve it using the void return type

[@carly6774]

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you are awesome!!!

[@smokestrong1000]

I'm confused how is it possible for it to ever execute the else statement when the if statement is executed when it reaches 1? How is that possible?

[@sush3117]

Thank you soo much

[@SabinaNabieva-tz4zp]

It’s the first time I understood how this works🥹thank you

[@adventureoflife786]

my teacher gave me assignment to make a program of triangle with using recursive method. but that should be in two files one main and 2nd test file. Can any one guide me plz

[@wristdisabledwriter2893]

I’ve always understood the factorial recursive both mathematically and by program but I’ve had trouble understanding how to program towers of Hanoi. I understand it mathematically but every time I see code I don’t get it. can you do it please?

[@kennysolis4316]

10/10 thank you

[@erim1434]

your awesome. thnx

[@BURUNDIB]

Hi bro I need to ask how can I get this example 2) In the Factorial Number Example, return 2*n!,

[@apparte462]

Very Good

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[@ritikaarya8966]

Thanks! :)

[@mariacamilabaronamartinez6748]

I don't know if I really stupid. But how can I do this by keyboard. I mean asking for the number. Just no put it in the program. Like with a scanner o JOptionpain

[@catherinesauza1040]

is it linear recursion? or what kind of recursion is this

[@opeoluwajoseph2212]

How can I program exponential without the maths method

[@VijayKumar-zu5lf]

Is this code works for 13 factorial?

[@YaiseAkuma]

This reminds me of the Fibonacci sequence formulae

[@mohammedanees8561]

you are good

[@Whutda9910]

Ty boi

[@danielcorss4712]

why do I get a negative value when i input 17 factorial?

[@tydy5601]

The int data type to represent an integer has a maximum value of (2^32) -1 = 2,147,483,647, so any factorial result higher than this value will fail because of the data type we are using, so 12! is the last value we can calculate

[@Ninjabdul]

amazing

[@nigelpallatt]

Why not have a Scanner and get the imput?

[@mrbatman3867]

// Iterative factorial method. public class FactorialCalculator { // recursive declaration of method factorial public long factorial( long number ) { long result = 1; // iterative declaration of method factorial for ( long i = number; i >= 1; i-- ) result *= i; return result; } // end method factorial // output factorials for values 0-10 public void displayFactorials() { // calculate the factorials of 0 through 10 for ( int counter = 0; counter

[@DaBestAround]

Incredibly helpful but you omitted something relevant to this problem. The concept of a 0! (0 factorial) exists and by definition, 0! = 1

[@harikrishna9888]

superr where is github link brotehr

[@ilavarasansriraman4140]

What if fact(0) ?

[@nabeehasyeda1265]

recursive can sometimes be really confusing honestly

[@Ayntak]

I dont get it how it get summarised at the far end.

[@jennifers6823]

N* factorial (n-1)