Manuals/calci/FACT

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FACT(N)

  • where,   is a non-negative number whose factorial is to be found.

FACT() calculates the factorial of a number N as 1*2*.....*N.

Description

FACT(N)

e.g. FACT(3) displays 6 as a result.

  • The factorial of a number N is the product of all positive integers, less than or equal to N. It is calculated as -

 

  •   should be a positive integer. Else Calci displays #NUM error message.
  • If   is not an integer, it is truncated to calculate the factorial.
  • The factorial of series of numbers can be calculated as -

e.g. FACT(1..5) calculates factorial of numbers from 1 to 5 and displays result as 1 2 6 24 120.

Examples

Function Output
FACT(6) 720
FACT(4.7) 24
FACT(0) 1
FACT(1.1) 1

See Also

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