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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:56:19 +0200
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Hi!

Since there is no stated question, I need to guess:

n -= 1 (instead of "f -= 1")

should work.

Or maybe the question was a totally different one...

-Kimmo

11.01.2013 17:35, kwakukwatiah@gmail.com wrote:
> def factorial(n):
>      if n<2:
>               return 1
>      f = 1
>      while n>= 2:
>          f *= n
>          f -= 1
>      return f
>
>
>