Factorial of a Number in Python

Factorial of a Number in Python

Here we will discuss how to find the Factorial of a Number in Python programming language.

Factorial of any number is the product of it and all the positive numbers below it for example factorial of 5 is 120

Factorial of n (n!) = 1 * 2 * 3 * 4....n

5! = 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 = 120 7! = 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 x 7 = 5040

Factorial of a Number in Python

Ways discussed:-

  • Iterative approach
  • Recursive approach

Method 1 (Iterative)

Python Code

Run
num = 6
fact = 1

# Factorial of negative number doesn't exist

if num < 0:
    print("Not Possible")
else:
    for i in range(1, num+1):
        fact = fact * i

print("Factorial of", num, "is", fact)
# Time complexity: O(N)
# Space complexity: O(1)

Output

Factorial of 6 is 720

Method 2 (Recursive)

This method uses recursion in Python

Python Code

Run
def getFactorial(num):
    if num == 0:
        return 1

    return num * getFactorial(num - 1)


num = 6
fact = getFactorial(num)

print("Factorial of", num, "is", fact)

# Time complexity: O(N)
# Space complexity: O(1)
# Auxiliary Space complexity(Function call stack): O(N)

Output

Factorial of 6 is 720

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One comment on “Factorial of a Number in Python”


  • Raghvendra Singh Shekhawat

    number = int(input(“Enter the number: “))

    num = 1
    if number<=0:
    print("factorial is not possible")
    else:
    for i in range(1,number+1):
    num = num*i
    print(num)