Source code for Exp.java

/*
 * This work by W. Patrick Hooper is free of known copyright restrictions.
 * The work is in the public domain.
 * 
 * Author's website: <a href="http://wphooper.com">http://wphooper.com</a>. 
 */

/**
 *
 * @author Pat Hooper
 */
public class Exp {

    /** return n factorial. */
    public static int factorial(int n) {
        // We will compute n factorial via the formula
        // n!=1*2*3*4*5*...
        int factorial=1;
        
        // iterate over the values i=1,...,n. 
        for (int i=1; i<=n; i++) {
            // multiply factorial by each value of i. 
            factorial=factorial * i;
        }
        
        return factorial;
    }
    
    /** return x^n. */
    public static double power(double x, int n) {
        // This will be what we return.
        double ret=1;
        
        // iterate over the values i=1,...,n. 
        for (int i=1; i<=n; i++) {
            // multiply factorial by each value of i. 
            ret = ret * x;
        }
        
        return ret;
    }
    
    /** This program takes one real number parameter and outputs its 
     * exponential.
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // read a real number from the first argument
        double x=Double.parseDouble(args[0]);
        
        // We will print out 
        // e^x = 1 + x + x^2/2 + x^3/6 + x^4/24 + ... + x^9/9!
                
        double sum=0;
        // iterate over the values i=0,1,...,14
        for (int i=0; i<15; i++) {
            sum=sum+power(x,i)/factorial(i);
        }
        
        System.out.println("exp("+x+") = "+sum);
        
        // This uses the java.lang.Math class to compute exp(x).
        System.out.println("A second opinion: exp("+x+") = "+Math.exp(x));
    }

}

Last modified on August 17, 2018.