factorial of a number without recursion

Language/C++/Factorialwithoutrecursion.cpp

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+/*This program accepts a integer variable as an input, calculates its factorial and then displays the result as output without recursion^/
+
+#include<iostream>
+using namespace std;
+long int fact(int);
+int main()
+{
+	int n;long int result;
+	cout<<"Enter a number ";
+	cin>>n;
+	result=fact(n);
+	cout<<"The factorial of the number "<<n<<" is "<<result;
+	return 0;
+}
+long int fact(int n)
+{  long int p=1;
+	for(int i=1;i<=n;i++)   //used to find the factorial of number n 
+	{
+		p=p*i;
+	}
+	return p;
+}