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R - factorial() Function



The R factorial() function returns the factorial of a given number.

Syntax

factorial(x)

Parameters

x Required. Specify the number.

Return Value

Returns the factorial of a given number.

Example:

In the example below, factorial() function is used to calculate the factorial of a given number.

cat("3! =", factorial(3), "\n")
cat("5! =", factorial(5), "\n")
cat("10! =", factorial(10), "\n")

The output of the above code will be:

3! = 6 
5! = 120 
10! = 3628800 

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