Python/maths/factorial_recursive.py
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* print(f"factorial{n} is {factorial(n)}")

* Update factorial_recursive.py

Co-authored-by: Christian Clauss <cclauss@me.com>
2020-01-18 14:06:48 +01:00

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def factorial(n: int) -> int:
"""
Calculate the factorial of a positive integer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial
>>> import math
>>> all(factorial(i) == math.factorial(i) for i in range(20))
True
>>> factorial(0.1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: factorial() only accepts integral values
>>> factorial(-1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: factorial() not defined for negative values
"""
if not isinstance(n, int):
raise ValueError("factorial() only accepts integral values")
if n < 0:
raise ValueError("factorial() not defined for negative values")
return 1 if n == 0 or n == 1 else n * factorial(n - 1)
if __name__ == "__main__":
import doctest
doctest.testmod()