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Thread: Whats wrong with my code?

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    Exclamation Whats wrong with my code?

    I am writing a java algorithm to find the factorial of a number (for example the factorial of 5 is 5*4*3*2*1 or 120), I know I can use recursion but I am already have a code that uses such a style and would like to develop another piece of code that does not. The code below involves user input. The code's objective is to take a user input, which is a positive into its scanner and run it through the for loop. The for loop takes the user's variable multiplies it to 1 the first time then takes that results and multiplies that result with the second run and so and so fourth until the user's variable reaches 1. However, the result when run on eclipse is nothing, it terminates after inputting any number and does not give the specified error if I type in a negative number. There is no output at all. Can someone please suggest a solution for this problem?

     
    import java.util.Scanner;
     
    public class factorial {
     
    	private Scanner factint;
     
    	public void calfact()
    	{
    		int x; 
    		factint = new Scanner(System.in);
    		System.out.println("Enter a positive number you would like to take the factorial of");
    		for(x= factint.nextInt(); x ==1 ;)
    		{
    			if(x < 0)
    				System.err.println("Error: Invalid Declaration for Input Variable");
    			int newresult = 1;
    			newresult= newresult * x;
    			System.out.println(newresult);
    		}	
    	}
     
    	public static void main(String[] args) 
    	{
    		factorial fobj = new factorial();
    		fobj.calfact();
    	}
     
    }


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    Default Re: Whats wrong with my code?

    Quote Originally Posted by patelvrajn View Post
    		for(x= factint.nextInt(); x ==1 ;)
    This has very little sense. Firstly, it's better to have the call to nextInt out (before) the for. Secondly, the condition is wrong.
    But also the body of the for is wrong.
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    Default Re: Whats wrong with my code?

    check out this code

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    Last edited by copeg; December 15th, 2013 at 10:54 AM. Reason: Removed spoonfed code

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