Takes the factorial of a value. - Java java.lang

Java examples for java.lang:Math Algorithm

Description

Takes the factorial of a value.

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Takes the factorial of a value.
     *
     * @param value - value to take the factorial of
     * @return - the value's factorial
     */
    public static long factorial(final long value) {
        long fac = 1;
        for (int i = 0; i < value; i++) {
            fac *= (value - i);
        }

        return fac;
    }
}

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