gmp_fact

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5)

gmp_fact — Factorial

Description

resource gmp_fact ( mixed $a )

Calculates factorial (a!) of a.

Parameters

a

The factorial number.

It can be either a GMP number resource, or a numeric string given that it is possible to convert the latter to a number.

Return Values

A GMP number resource.

Examples

Example #1 gmp_fact() example


<?php
$fact1 = gmp_fact(5); // 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1
echo gmp_strval($fact1) . "\n";

$fact2 = gmp_fact(50); // 50 * 49 * 48, ... etc
echo gmp_strval($fact2) . "\n";
?>

The above example will output:

120
30414093201713378043612608166064768844377641568960512000000000000

Коментарии

Oct 01

Автор: raholl


I was expecting gmp_fact() is more effective than doing a while loop, but measurements show opposite:



<?php

$cislo = 112;

$fact = $cislo;

$ffact = 1;

$mt = microtime();

while($fact >= 1)

{

    $ffact = $fact * $ffact;

    $fact--;

}

$md=number_format(microtime()-$mt, 6);

echo "<h1>LOOP ($md):</h1>";

echo $ffact;



$mt = microtime();

$vec = gmp_fact($cislo);

$md=number_format(microtime()-$mt, 6);

echo "<h1>GMP FACT ($md):</h1>";

echo $vec;

exit();

?>



WILL OUTPUT:



LOOP (0.000022s):

1.9745068572211E+182



GMP FACT (0.000132s):

1.9745068572211E+182



Result is 0.000022s loop, and 0.000132s gmp_fact()