C program to find the sum of natural numbers using recursion

In this tutorial, we will discuss a concept of C program to find the sum of natural numbers using recursion.

In this article, we are going to learn how to find the sum of natural numbers using recursion in the C programming language

What are Natural numbers

The positive integer numbers 1,2,3,4….n are known as natural numbers.

Program

This program allows the user to enter a positive integer to calculate sum up to given numbers using the recursive function in C programming language

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int addNumbers(int); //function Prototype

int main()
{
    int num;       //variable declaration
    printf("enter a positive integer");
    scanf("%d",&num);
    printf("Sum of two numbers are: %d\n",addNumbers(num));
                     //functiuon call
    getch();
    return 0;
}
int addNumbers(int n)       //recursive function definition
{
    if(n!= 0)
        return n+addNumbers(n-1);
    else
        return n;
}

When the above code is executed, it produces the following results

Enter a positive integer: 10
Sum od numbers: 55

In the above program , the number entered by the user is passed to the addNumber() function as an argument.

In the above case, when the user enters 10 as an argument, 10 is passed to function. Subsequently, until “if” statement returns the true value, value decreases by one in every step. Finally, when the value becomes 0, “if” statement returns as false and the “else” part is executed.

Therefore, function return with decreasing value to calculate the result e.g 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10=55

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