[R] Factorial

[Wiener, Matthew]

You can use the fact that n! = gamma(n+1):

3 * 2
[1] 6
> gamma(4)
[1] 6
> 
> 4 * 3 * 2
[1] 24
> gamma(5)
[1] 24

and so on.

Hope this helps.

Matthew Wiener
Applied Computer Science & Mathematics Dept.
Merck Research Labs
Rahway, NJ 07090
732-594-5303 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ricardo Da-Silva [mailto:ricardo at icmc.usp.br]
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 1:55 PM
To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: [R] Factorial


Dear R Users

Could someone tell me if R has a internal function or package to perfome 
factorial calculations, like 32!,?

Thanks
Rick.
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