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C/C++ Program for Space and time efficient Binomial Coefficient.

program solution

// Program to calculate C(n ,k)

#include <stdio.h>

  

// Returns value of Binomial Coefficient C(n, k)

int binomialCoeff(int n, int k)

{

    int res = 1;

  

    // Since C(n, k) = C(n, n-k)

    if ( k > n - k )

        k = n - k;

  

    // Calculate value of [n * (n-1) *---* (n-k+1)] / [k * (k-1) *----* 1]

    for (int i = 0; i < k; ++i)

    {

        res *= (n - i);

        res /= (i + 1);

    }

  

    return res;

}

  

/* Drier program to test above function*/

int main()

{

    int n = 8, k = 2;

    printf ("Value of C(%d, %d) is %d ", n, k, binomialCoeff(n, k) );

    return 0;

}

Output

Value of C(8, 2) is 28

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