Clever! Help me understand why this isn't written
(defn factorial [n] (apply * (range 1 (+ n 1))) instead. That is, I don't get the purpose of the for statement. On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 4:08 PM, prhlava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello folks, > > While learning, it occured to me that factorial function can be > written as: > > > (defn factorial [n] > (apply * (for [x (range 1 (+ n 1))] x))) > > > I know that it has big argument list for large numbers, but it seems > to scale nicely (at least in clojure). > > I am sure this was discussed to death in lisp groups - have searched > the net and did not find this version... > > kind regards, > > Vlad > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
