BigInteger

Programming 1 Minute

Integers & longs can only hold numbers up to 2**31 and 2**63 respectively. In an attempt to solve this problem, I wrote up a solution for computing the factorial with long and after a certain number, I started getting negative results! Longs are signed which effectively means I have 2**31 positive long values and 2**31 negative long values. 

Published by Jane Ullah

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