JavaScript: Calculate the factorial of a number

JavaScript fundamental (ES6 Syntax): Exercise-238 with Solution

Factorial of Number

Write a JavaScript program to calculate the factorial of a number.

• Use recursion.
• If n is less than or equal to 1, return 1.
• Otherwise, return the product of n and the factorial of n - 1.
• Throw a TypeError if n is a negative number.

Sample Solution:

JavaScript Code:

//#Source https://bit.ly/2neWfJ2 
// Define a function 'factorial' to calculate the factorial of a given number 'n'
const factorial = n =>
  // If 'n' is less than 0, throw a TypeError indicating that negative numbers are not allowed
  n < 0
    ? (() => {
        throw new TypeError('Negative numbers are not allowed!');
      })()
    // If 'n' is 0 or 1, return 1 (base case of factorial)
    : n <= 1
      ? 1
      // Otherwise, recursively calculate the factorial of 'n' using the formula n * factorial(n - 1)
      : n * factorial(n - 1);

// Test the 'factorial' function with different inputs
console.log(factorial(1)); // Output: 1
console.log(factorial(5)); // Output: 120 (1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5)
console.log(factorial(7)); // Output: 5040 (1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * 6 * 7)

Output:

1
120
5040

Visual Presentation:

Flowchart:

Live Demo:

See the Pen javascript-basic-exercise-238-1 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

• Write a JavaScript program that calculates the factorial of a number recursively.
• Write a JavaScript function that computes a factorial iteratively using a for loop.
• Write a JavaScript program that uses reduce() to calculate the factorial of a given integer.
• Write a JavaScript function that implements tail recursion to compute the factorial of a large number.

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