Question about a factorial program

[Wynd]

I was wondering if anyone can help, because i cn get it to work in java but not in C++.

#include <iostream.h>

void main()
{
int input;
cout<<"Type in a number\n";
cin>>input;
for (int i = 1; i <= input; i++)
{
input = i * input;
}
cout<<input
}

like i said, i got it to work injava, but whenever i type something in here i get something totally different (like -1899959296 for 5 when it should be 120).

[HarryW]

try it with this line instead:

cout << "Type in a number" << endl;

[Wynd]

Heh, I should have guessed. Lots of times whe ni have something like this i can use endl; and fix it. It's like the solution to all the world's problems or something....

[Mr. Gonds]

No cheating Pete, figure it out for yourself. No using Math.PI. You have to learn the functions

[Wynd]

Hmm...it's still not working.

[sail3005]

try putting endl after all the lines

[HarryW]

It's because of the way you're using the input variable as a control variable for the loop. You can do it the way you're doing it with an extra variable, like this:

#include <iostream.h> 

void main() 
{ 
	int input; 
	int output = 1;
	cout<<"Type in a number" << endl;
	cin>>input; 
	for (int i = 1; i <= input; i++) 	
		output *= i;
	cout<< output<< endl; 
}

[Wynd]

Cool, it works now. Thanks a lot for your help