# Maximum value of an integer for which factorial can be calculated on a machine in C++

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In this problem, we need to create a program to find Maximum value of an integer for which factorial can be calculated on a machine in C++.

Factorial of a number is a huge value, as it is the product of all values preceding it. And C++ can handle large values only upto a certain value by using its inbuilt function. We need to find this restriction.

## Solution Approach

We will simply use the property of data types which is when the numbers exceed the maximum value a negative number is returned.

We will use long long int which is the largest basic data type.

## Example

Live Demo

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int calcMaxFactVal(){
int maxVal = 1;
long long int maxFactorial = 1;
while (true){
if (maxFactorial < 0)
return (maxVal - 1);
maxVal++;
maxFactorial *= maxVal;
}
return - 1;
}
int main(){
cout<<"The maximum value of an integer for which factorial can be
calculated on machine is "<<calcMaxFactVal();
return 0;
}

## Output

The maximum value of an integer for which factorial can be calculated on
machine is 20
Published on 27-Jul-2020 12:08:12