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- \$\begingroup\$ Yes, and it can calculate the factorial for 0. Put the factorial value in the loop continuation condition. i.e 5 \$\endgroup\$Mob– Mob2011-08-06 11:17:20 +00:00Commented Aug 6, 2011 at 11:17
- \$\begingroup\$ Java's a pretty verbose language, so it's not great for getting the lowest character count. \$\endgroup\$Gareth– Gareth2011-08-06 13:34:14 +00:00Commented Aug 6, 2011 at 13:34
- \$\begingroup\$ @Gareth Yeah, but Brain Fuck isn't right? \$\endgroup\$Mob– Mob2011-08-07 19:13:59 +00:00Commented Aug 7, 2011 at 19:13
- \$\begingroup\$ You asked why you rarely see Java solutions here - it's because Java's verbose and less likely to win at code-golf. That's not to say there are no Java solutions, or that people shouldn't post Java solutions - they're just rarer for that reason. \$\endgroup\$Gareth– Gareth2011-08-07 20:06:41 +00:00Commented Aug 7, 2011 at 20:06
- 3\$\begingroup\$ This is code-golf. With barely any work at all, you can significantly reduce the length by removing unnecessary whitespace and using 1-letter variable names \$\endgroup\$Cyoce– Cyoce2016-02-05 06:30:30 +00:00Commented Feb 5, 2016 at 6:30
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