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Thread: Help with looping etc THANKS ALOT IN ADVANCE

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    Default Help with looping etc THANKS ALOT IN ADVANCE

    import io.*;
    	public class count
    	{	
    	public static void main( String [] args)
    	{
    	double x;
    	x=ConsoleInput.readDouble("Enter x value");
    		for(int n=0;n<=10;n++)
    		{
    		eToTheX(x,n);
    		}
    	}
    	public static void eToTheX(double x, int n)
    	{
    	double e=0, nFactorial = 1;	
    		for(int i=2; i <=n; i++)
    		{
    		nFactorial *= (double)i;
    		}
    	e+=Math.pow(x,(double)n)/nFactorial;
    	System.out.println("real ex  " + Math.exp(x) + "  calculated ex  " + e);
    }
    }

    ok so my e+= isnt exactly working... it's just not adding e onto itself each time it displays 11 outputs like i want it to but they dont stack so for e.g. its just x^5/5! when i need x^0/0!+..+..x^5/5! so i need it to output 0,(0..+.. 1),(0+1+2),(0+1+2) thats first 4 results i need that up until its 8+9+10 etc which would be 11 results

    so basically


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    Default Re: Help with looping etc THANKS ALOT IN ADVANCE

    You're creating a new e variable each time you call the function, so it's going to start over as zero each time.
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    Default Re: Help with looping etc THANKS ALOT IN ADVANCE

    Quote Originally Posted by KevinWorkman View Post
    You're creating a new e variable each time you call the function, so it's going to start over as zero each time.
    can you please show me how to make it work, i've tried everything =/

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    You could return the value from that function, then increment another variable with it?
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