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NAME
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fact - factorial
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SYNOPSIS
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fact(x)
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TYPES
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x int
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return int
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DESCRIPTION
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Return the factorial of a number. Factorial is defined as:
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x! = 1 * 2 * 3 * ... * x-1 * x
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0! = 1
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EXAMPLE
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> print fact(10), fact(5), fact(2), fact(1), fact(0)
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3628800 120 2 1 1
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> print fact(40)
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815915283247897734345611269596115894272000000000
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LIMITS
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2^24 > x >= 0
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y < 2^24
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LINK LIBRARY
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void zfact(NUMBER x, *ret)
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SEE ALSO
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comb, perm
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## Copyright (C) 1999 Landon Curt Noll
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##
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## Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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## the terms of the version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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## as published by the Free Software Foundation.
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##
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## Calc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
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## or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General
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## Public License for more details.
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##
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## A copy of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License is
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## distributed with calc under the filename COPYING-LGPL. You should have
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## received a copy with calc; if not, write to Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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## 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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##
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## @(#) $Revision: 29.2 $
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## @(#) $Id: fact,v 29.2 2000/06/07 14:02:33 chongo Exp $
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## @(#) $Source: /usr/local/src/cmd/calc/help/RCS/fact,v $
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##
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## Under source code control: 1994/10/20 04:03:02
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## File existed as early as: 1994
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##
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## chongo <was here> /\oo/\ http://www.isthe.com/chongo/
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## Share and enjoy! :-) http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/
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