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Re: factorialmath.
by BooK (Curate) on Jun 24, 2002 at 13:17 UTC

    Let the effort be in explaining this code, if the AM ever uses it.

    #!/usr/bin/perl # There is everything you need: # a sentinel, $f{0} = sub { 1 }; # a recursive function, sub f { $f{$n = pop()-1} ||= sub { f($n) }; ($n+1) * $f{$n}->(); } # a call to the recursive function... print f(shift);

    I hope it doesn't need to pass -w and use strict... ;-) And what did he mean, test if the parameter is a number?!

      Student: Umm, well see it has something called a sub, and when you "pop" it it pulls the number and . . .

      Professor: F-

      -Any sufficiently advanced technology is
      indistinguishable from doubletalk.

Re: Factorial Problem
by tadman (Prior) on Jun 24, 2002 at 18:05 UTC
    Since this clearly isn't homework (cough), here's an idea of how to solve the problem:
    #!/usr/bin/perl package F;sub TIESCALAR{bless[],pop} sub FETCH{$v=$n=pop()->[$|];$v*=--$n while(1<$n);$v}sub STORE{shift()->[0 ]=pop}tie($f,F);$f=pop;print$f,$/,$@
Re: factorialmath.
by rdfield (Priest) on Jun 24, 2002 at 12:50 UTC
    perlfaq has all the answers.

    rdfield