C++ Exercises: Display the n terms of harmonic series and their sum

C++ For Loop: Exercise-22 with Solution

Write a program in C++ to display the n terms of a harmonic series and their sum.
1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/5 ... 1/n terms.

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Sample Solution:-

C++ Code :

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int i, n;
    float s = 0.0;
    cout << "\n\n Display n terms of harmonic series and their sum:\n";
    cout << " The harmonic series: 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/5 ... 1/n terms\n";
    cout << "-----------------------------------------------------------------\n";
    cout << " Input number of terms: ";
    cin >> n;
    for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) 
    {
        if (i < n) 
        {
            cout << "1/" << i << " + ";
            s += 1 / (float)i;
        }
        if (i == n) 
        {
            cout << "1/" << i;
            s += 1 / (float)i;
        }
    }
    cout << "\n The sum of the series upto " << n << " terms: " << s << 

endl;
}

Sample Output:

 Display n terms of harmonic series and their sum:                     
 The harmonic series: 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/5 ... 1/n terms          
-----------------------------------------------------------------      
 Input number of terms: 5                                              
1/1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/5                                            
 The sum of the series upto 5 terms: 2.28333   

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