/* C program to calculate nck of a given number */
#include<stdio.h>
int fact(int);
int main()
{
int n,k;
printf("enter n, k: ");
scanf("%d%d",&n,&k);
if(n>=k) /* n sholud be greater than or equal to k */
{
int result;
result=(fact(n)/(fact(k)*fact(n-k))); /* recursive function call */
printf("%d",result);
}
return 0;
}
int fact(int n) /* function for the factorial of a number */
{
if(n==0) /* base case */
{
return 1;
}
else
{
int i,a=1; /* recursive case */
for(i=n;i>0;i--)
a=a*i;
return a; /* returning value */
}
}
Sample input and output:
enter n, k: 8 3
56