On Oct 22, 7:50 am, Duncan Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Py-Fun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm stuck trying to write a function that generates a factorial of a > > number using iteration and not recursion. Any simple ideas would be > > appreciated. > > This version avoids doing anything fancier than adding 1, so it should be > simple enough for anyone: > > def factorial(e): > a = 1 > for b in range(e): > c = 0 > for j in range(b, -1, -1): > for d in range(a): > c += 1 > a = c > return a
Not simple enough for my taste: >>> import gmpy >>> gmpy.fac(10) mpz(3628800) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
