[R] does a factorial function exist

Peter Dalgaard BSA p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk
Wed Jun 23 18:53:56 CEST 1999


Alex Buerkle <cbuerkle at bio.indiana.edu> writes:

> I've looked through the documentation with R-0.64.1 and have been unable
> to find a high-level function for evaluation of factorials (i.e., n!, not
> factorial designs).  Is there such a function?
> 
> It is trivial to code, so everyone could write their own, but it also
> would be worthwhile as a standard tool.  I'm guessing I am just
> overlooking it.

gamma(n+1) not good enough? (or prod(1:n) for that matter).

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