/*
C#: The Complete Reference
by Herbert Schildt
Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (March 8, 2002)
ISBN: 0072134852
*/
// A simple example of recursion.
using System;
class Factorial {
// This is a recursive function.
public int factR(int n) {
int result;
if(n==1) return 1;
result = factR(n-1) * n;
return result;
}
// This is an iterative equivalent.
public int factI(int n) {
int t, result;
result = 1;
for(t=1; t <= n; t++) result *= t;
return result;
}
}
public class Recursion {
public static void Main() {
Factorial f = new Factorial();
Console.WriteLine("Factorials using recursive method.");
Console.WriteLine("Factorial of 3 is " + f.factR(3));
Console.WriteLine("Factorial of 4 is " + f.factR(4));
Console.WriteLine("Factorial of 5 is " + f.factR(5));
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Factorials using iterative method.");
Console.WriteLine("Factorial of 3 is " + f.factI(3));
Console.WriteLine("Factorial of 4 is " + f.factI(4));
Console.WriteLine("Factorial of 5 is " + f.factI(5));
}
}
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