did you declare factorial before trying to use it?

factorial = 1
print "Factorial finder"
number = int(input("Please enter a non-negative integer: "))
for number in range(number, 1)
    factorial = (factorial * number)

print "Factorial:", factorial

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Eddie <eddie9...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to write a simple factorial program and am unsure at what is
> wrong with it. Why Can't I go *factorial = factorial * number* where
> factorial and number are both integers?
>
> #Factorial program
>
> print "Factorial finder"
> number = input("Please enter a non-negative integer: "
>     for number in range(number, 1)
>     factorial = (factorial * number)
>
> print "Factorial:", factorial
>
> Thanks Eddie [?]
>
>
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