Given n > 3, find number of diagonals in n sided convex polygon.
According to Wikipedia, In geometry, a diagonal is a line segment joining two vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, when those vertices are not on the same edge. Informally, any sloping line is called diagonal.
Examples :
Input : 5
Output : 5
Explanation: Five possible diagonals are : AC, AD, BD, BE, CE

Since for an n-sided convex polygon, from each vertex, we can draw n-3 diagonals leaving two adjacent vertices and itself. Following this way for n-vertices, there will be n*(n-3) diagonals but then we will be calculating each diagonal twice so total number of diagonals become n*(n-3)/2
Here is code for above formula.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
// C++ function to find number of diagonals
// in n sided convex polygon
int numberOfDiagonals(int n)
{
return n * (n - 3) / 2;
}
// driver code to test above function
int main()
{
int n = 5;
cout << n << " sided convex polygon have ";
cout << numberOfDiagonals(n) << " diagonals";
return 0;
}
// Java function to find number of diagonals
// in n sided convex polygon
public class Diagonals {
static int numberOfDiagonals(int n)
{
return n * (n - 3) / 2;
}
// driver code to test above function
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int n = 5;
System.out.print(n + " sided convex polygon have ");
System.out.println(numberOfDiagonals(n) + " diagonals");
}
}
// This code is contributed by Saket Kumar
# Python3 program to find number of diagonals
# in n sided convex polygon
def numberOfDiagonals(n):
return n * (n - 3) / 2
# driver code to test above function
def main():
n = 5
print(n , " sided convex polygon have ")
print(numberOfDiagonals(n) , " diagonals")
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
#this code contributed by 29AjayKumar
// C# function to find number of diagonals
// in n sided convex polygon
using System;
class GFG {
static int numberOfDiagonals(int n)
{
return n * (n - 3) / 2;
}
// driver code to test above function
public static void Main()
{
int n = 5;
Console.Write(n + " sided convex polygon have ");
Console.WriteLine(numberOfDiagonals(n) +
" diagonals");
}
}
// This code is contributed by Sam007
<script>
// Javascript function to find number of
// diagonals in n sided convex polygon
function numberOfDiagonals(n)
{
return n * (n - 3) / 2;
}
// Driver code
var n = 5;
document.write(n + " sided convex polygon have ");
document.write(numberOfDiagonals(n) + " diagonals");
// This code is contributed by Ankita saini
</script>
<?php
// PHP function to find number
// of diagonals in n sided
// convex polygon
function numberOfDiagonals($n)
{
return $n * ($n - 3) / 2;
}
// Driver Code
$n = 5;
echo $n , " sided convex polygon have ";
echo numberOfDiagonals($n) ,
" diagonals";
// This code is contributed by aj_36
?>
Output :
5 sided convex polygon have 5 diagonalsTime Complexity: O(1)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)