[Tutor] Simple factorial program

[vince spicer]

no ":" after for statement

Vince

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Eddie <eddie9139 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, that is my problem.
>
> With that code, why is it giving an error  (indenting?) at the end of* for
> number in range(number, 1) *?
>
> 2009/6/12 vince spicer <vinces1979 at gmail.com>
>
> did you declare factorial before trying to use it?
>>
>> factorial = 1
>> print "Factorial finder"
>> number = int(input("Please enter a non-negative integer: "))
>> for number in range(number, 1)
>>     factorial = (factorial * number)
>>
>> print "Factorial:", factorial
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Eddie <eddie9139 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to write a simple factorial program and am unsure at what is
>>> wrong with it. Why Can't I go *factorial = factorial * number* where
>>> factorial and number are both integers?
>>>
>>> #Factorial program
>>>
>>> print "Factorial finder"
>>> number = input("Please enter a non-negative integer: "
>>>     for number in range(number, 1)
>>>     factorial = (factorial * number)
>>>
>>> print "Factorial:", factorial
>>>
>>> Thanks Eddie [?]
>>>
>>>
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