#factorial of a number

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severe grove
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dark mantle
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btw explain i dont think that logic holds true for numbers above 2,

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1*3=3(right)

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but 3 factorial is 6

severe grove
dark mantle
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ill send a screenshot

severe grove
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😑

dark mantle
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how is factorial = factorial *number

severe grove
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May I ask how you solved this problem if you don't understand the code?

dark mantle
severe grove
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Do you know what the definition of a factorial is?

dark mantle
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yes

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uhm so can you explain it in detail , i somewhat got the answer and i tried coding it

severe grove
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I will not do that, but I can guide you towards understanding it

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I believe just explaining how things work is a subpar method of teaching

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and learning

dark mantle
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ok first ill tell you what i did

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so we need a factorial of any number which is n*(n-1) .....x1=n !.

severe grove
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yup

dark mantle
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first i took input from these things - 1) n. then i assigned a value 1 to factorial variable since factorial starts with 1

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factorial =1;

severe grove
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sure

dark mantle
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now im looping it until it reaches 1 so i use a for loop and increment it using a variable i, given that i should be less than or equal to the number inputted by user. i<=n, now i gets incremented. i =i+1; or i++.

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but the catch over here is that i need factorial , so im factorial = factorial (initial=1)* i(which is 1 again). and im printing factorial out of the loop so that i get the factorial value.

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1!=1*1

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and now factorial increses to 2 after 1 loop.

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2!=2*1.

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3!=2*3(2 factoria value printed from previous iteration and 3 is number i)

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this is what i understood.

severe grove
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seems to be on the right track

dark mantle
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sometimes my brain gets confused on stuff i know

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🤣

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btw i think i forgot to add if else condition in the solution since factorial cant be available for negative integers and zero

severe grove
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My opinion is, don't waste your time on coding challenges as a beginner

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There are much better ways to learn

dark mantle
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coding challenges?

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im learning though im not solving any problems

severe grove
dark mantle