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Functional programmer: import operator def factorial(n): return reduce(operator.mul, xrange(1, n+1), 1) print factorial(6) Cutting-edge pr

by alxv 17y ago

Functional programmer: import operator def factorial(n): return reduce(operator.mul, xrange(1, n+1), 1) print factorial(6) Cutting-edge programmer: import math print(math.factorial(6))

ozataman 17y ago
reduce is pretty much the same thing as foldl. The functional programmer is already included as "Expert Python Programmer"...
- brehaut 17y ago
  I believe this Gist is being updated as the thread unfolds. ahem.
- Estragon 17y ago
  The difference is, the code given here actually works out of the box.
gaius 17y ago
I would have done from math import factorial as fact print fact(6)