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Factorial3.javaAPI DocExample1489Mon Sep 22 13:30:30 BST 1997None

Factorial3

public class Factorial3 extends Object
This class computes factorials and caches the results in a table for reuse. 20! is as high as we can go using the long data type, so check the argument passed and "throw an exception" if it is too big or too small.

Fields Summary
static long[]
table
static int
last
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public static longfactorial(int x)


         
    // Check if x is too big or too small.  Throw an exception if so.
    if (x >= table.length)   // ".length" returns length of any array
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Overflow; x is too large.");
    if (x < 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("x must be non-negative.");

    // Compute and cache any values that are not yet cached.
    while(last < x) {
      table[last + 1] = table[last] * (last + 1);
      last++;
    }
    // Now return the cached factorial of x.
    return table[x];