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* <!--

* This program is distributed under

* the terms of the MIT license.

* Please see the LICENSE file for details.

* -->

* Write a function that calculates the factorial of a given number recursively.

/*____________________________________________________________________________*/

/**

* @function {public static} factorial

* Recursively calculates the factorial of a given number.

* @param {Integer} n - the number to calculate.

* @return the factorial of the given number.

function factorial(n) {

if (n > 1) {

return n * factorial(n-1);

}

return 1;

}

/*____________________________________________________________________________*/

console.log(factorial(4));

console.log(factorial(5));

console.log(factorial(6));

Output: ($ /usr/bin/node 001.js)

120

720

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