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### Overview
The factorial of `n` can be defined as the product of numbers from `n` till `1`.
### Syntax
 $n!=(1)* (2)* (3)* (4)* (5)*.....(n-1)*(n)$

#### Factorial with recursion
* The factorial function can be written as a recursive function call.
* Here, we pass the user input by calling the function.
* The function is called again and again until we encounter an exit condition.
* Whenever an action has to be performed repetitively, we often use the recursion.
#### Factorial without using recursion in R
* Here, we take input from the user, and using the loop constraint, we calculate the factorial.
#### Factorial with built-in function
* We call the `factorial()` function and we will pass the number we want to calculate the factorial for.

### Example


#method 1
#Recursive call
recur_fact <- function(n) {
if(n <= 1) {
return(1)
} else { 
return(n * recur_fact(n-1))
}
}
recur_fact(8)
# method 2
# Built-in Factorail
num<-8
print(factorial(num))
#method 3
# Factorial without using built-in
fact <- 1
if (num < 0) {
 print("Factorial for negative numbers not allowed!")
} else if (num == 0) {
 print("The factorial of 0 is 1")
} else {
 for(i in 1:num){
 fact=fact*i
 }
 print(fact)
}

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### Explanation
* Line 3: We create a function `recur_fact`
* Lines 4–5: We then check for the value of n since `0!=1 && 1!=1`, so any factorial less than equal to `1`, we return the value `1`.
* Lines 6–7 : We implement the logic of this code i.e `n * recur_fact(n-1)`
* Line 10 : We call the function `recur_fact()` with `8` as a parameter.
* Lines 13–14: We directly work with the built-in `factorial` function.
* Line 17: We define a variable, `fact`, with value one as we are performing without recursion.
* Line 18: As we don't have factorial for negative numbers, we display the same.
* Lines 20–21: We write a condition to cater to the `0!=1` situation.
* Lines 22–27: We write a `for` loop with `i` as the loop variable.
Then we move from `1` to `n` as `i` increases; we multiply it and store it in a variable `fact.`

Different ways of executing a factorial of a number using R()

Overview

Syntax

Factorial with recursion

Factorial without using recursion in R

Factorial with built-in function

Example

Explanation