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/*
** FACTORYL.C
**
** Original Copyright 1992 by Bob Stout as part of
** the MicroFirm Function Library (MFL)
**
** This subset version is hereby donated to the public domain.
*/
#include <math.h>
#include <float.h>
#include <assert.h>
#define dfrac(x) ((x)-dround(x))
/* Use #defines for Permutations and Combinations */
#define log10P(n,r) (log10factorial(n)-log10factorial((n)-(r)))
#define log10C(n,r) (log10P((n),(r))-log10factorial(r))
#ifndef PI
#define PI 3.14159265358979323846
#endif
#define SQRT2PI sqrt(2 * PI)
#define ONESIXTH (1.0/6.0)
/*
** DROUND.C - Rounds a double to the nearest whole number
** public domain by Ross Cottrell
*/
double dround(double x)
{
assert(1 == FLT_ROUNDS);
x += 1.0 / DBL_EPSILON;
return x - 1.0 / DBL_EPSILON;
}
/*
** log10factorial()
**
** Returns the logarithm (base 10) of the factorial of a given number.
** The logarithm is returned since this allows working wil extremely
** large values which would otherwise overflow the F.P. range.
**
** Parameters: 1 - Number whose factorial to return.
**
** Returns: log10() of the passed value, -1.0 if error
**
*/
double log10factorial(double N)
{
if (N < 40) /* Small, explicitly compute */
{
int i;
double f;
for (i = 1, f = 1.0; i <= (int)N; ++i)
f *= i;
return log10(f);
}
else /* Large, use approximation */
{
return log10(SQRT2PI)+((N + 0.5) *
(log10(sqrt(N * N + N + ONESIXTH) / exp(1))));
}
}
#ifdef TEST
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
double f, lf;
char *dummy;
while (--argc)
{
f = strtod((const char *)(*(++argv)), &dummy);
lf = log10factorial(f);
if (171.0 > f)
printf("%.14g! = %.14g\n", f, pow(10.0, lf));
else
{
printf("%.14g! = %.14ge+%ld\n", f,
pow(10.0, dfrac(lf)), (long)dround(lf));
}
}
lf = log10C(1000000,750000);
printf("\nJust to dazzle with you with big numbers:\n"
"C(1000000,750000) = %.14ge+%ld\n",
pow(10.0, dfrac(lf)), (long)dround(lf));
lf = log10P(1000000,750000);
printf("\n...once more:\n"
"P(1000000,750000) = %.14ge+%ld\n",
pow(10.0, dfrac(lf)), (long)dround(lf));
}
#endif /* TEST */