Factorial of a number using Recursion

/* Program to calculate Factorial of a number using Recursion */

/* Recursion is a programming technique that allows the programmer to express operations in terms of themselves.

      

   In C/C++, this takes the form of a function that calls itself. */

#include<stdio.h>

#include<conio.h>

int factorial(int temp_number);

int main()

{

       int number = 0, result = 0;

       printf("\n\n\t __ Program to calculate the factorial of a number using Recursion __");

       printf("\n\n\n  Enter the Number - ");

       scanf("%d",&number);

       result = factorial(number);

       printf("\n\n\t Factorial of %d = %d",number, result);

       getch();

       return 0;

       /*___ return 0 tells the compiler that program has executed

      

              successfully without any error */

}

int factorial(int temp_number)

{

       int result_factorial = 0;

       if (temp_number == 1)      //__ Condition that will stop the infinite looping __

       {

              return 1;

       }

       else

       {

              result_factorial =  temp_number * factorial (temp_number - 1);       //__ Recursion __

               

              return result_factorial;

       }

}