Eddie 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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Hello Eddie,
You never initialized the variable factorial. So the line
"factorial = (factorial * number)" will crash your program since
the program doesn't know what the variable factorial is.
I would modify your code as follows:
factorial = int(raw_input("\nPlease enter a non-negative integer: "))
for i in range(1,factorial):
factorial *= i
print "Factorial:", factorial
raw_input("\nPress enter to exit")
I hope this helps.
--ayyaz
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