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How to calculate the factorial() of a value in R
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The factorial() function in R returns the factorial of a positive integer.
A factorial is a product of that positive integer and all the integers below it until 1.
Figure 1 below shows the mathematical representation of the factorial() function and its corresponding representation in R.
Syntax
factorial(integer)
Parameter
This function requires a positive integer whose factorial is to be calculated.
Return value
factorial() returns the factorial of the positive integer sent as a parameter.
In the case of a
negative value, awarningmessage is displayed along withNaN.
Code
The following example shows how we can use the factorial() function in R.
#example
a <- factorial(6);
print(paste0("factorial(6): ", a))
b <- factorial(4);
print(paste0("factorial(4): ", b))
c <- factorial(0);
print(paste0("factorial(0): ", c))RELATED TAGS
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