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How to Find Factorial of Number Using Recursion in Python?
Factorial of a number is product of all numbers from 1 to that number.
A function is called a recursive function if it calls itself.
In following program factorial() function accepts one argument and keeps calling itself by reducing value by one till it reaches 1.
Example
def factorial(x):
if x==1:
return 1
else:
return x*factorial(x-1)
f=factorial(5)
print ("factorial of 5 is ",f)Output
The result is
factorial of 5 is 120
Updated on: 21-Feb-2020
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