programming-examples/c/Functions/C Program to Evaluate the given Polynomial Equation.c
2019-11-15 12:59:38 +01:00

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/*
* C program to evaluate a given polynomial by reading its coefficients
* in an array.
* P(x) = AnXn + An-1Xn-1 + An-2Xn-2+... +A1X + A0
*
* The polynomial can be written as:
* P(x) = A0 + X(A1 + X(A2 + X(A3 + X(Q4 + X(...X(An-1 + XAn))))
* and evaluated starting from the inner loop
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define MAXSIZE 10
void main()
{
int array[MAXSIZE];
int i, num, power;
float x, polySum;
printf("Enter the order of the polynomial \n");
scanf("%d", &num);
printf("Enter the value of x \n");
scanf("%f", &x);
/* Read the coefficients into an array */
printf("Enter %d coefficients \n", num + 1);
for (i = 0; i <= num; i++)
{
scanf("%d", &array[i]);
}
polySum = array[0];
for (i = 1; i <= num; i++)
{
polySum = polySum * x + array[i];
}
power = num;
printf("Given polynomial is: \n");
for (i = 0; i <= num; i++)
{
if (power < 0)
{
break;
}
/* printing proper polynomial function */
if (array[i] > 0)
printf(" + ");
else if (array[i] < 0)
printf(" - ");
else
printf(" ");
printf("%dx^%d ", abs(array[i]), power--);
}
printf("\n Sum of the polynomial = %6.2f \n", polySum);
}