Help Solving a Factorial Program with Infinite FOR Loop

[swty todd]

i m unable 2 get the output for the followin c program.
The factorial program is correct
i think there is problem in the FOR loop..guess its goin infinite...pls help

#include<stdio.h>
#include<math.h>
factorial(int);
main()
{
int n,count,i;
float number,x,series;
printf("nter number and no of terms");
scanf("%f %d",&number,&n);
x=3.14*number/180;
count=0;
series=0;
for(i=1;i<=(2*n);i+2)
{
series=series+pow(x,i)*pow(-1,count)/factorial(i);
count=count++;
}
printf("%f",series);
return 0;
}

int factorial(int m)
{int fact;
if(m==1)
return (1);
else
fact=m*factorial(m-1);
return(fact);
}

 

[signerror]

Your error is in your for loop. Your increment is "i+2" where it should be "i=i+2". "i+2" doesn't change the value of i, and gives you an infinite loop.

Also, "count=count++" is problematic; "count++" has the same meaning as "count=count+1". The behavior of the "count=count++" is not obvious and probably unspecified (does the left-assignment come before or after the increment?).

 

[swty todd]

hey i its workin now...thnx a lot...

 

[Potential]

i+=2;
i=i+2;
same
the first statement is preferred because it has 4 keystrokes instead of 5 keystrokes

also, it is easier for me to read like this:
i += 2;
i = i + 2;

If you have doubt about operator precedence, you can use ++count instead of count++

 

[swty todd]

okk...thnx a lot..