package main
import "fmt"
// Function to calculate factorial
func factorial(n int) int {
// Base case: factorial of 0 and 1 is 1
if n == 0 || n == 1 {
return 1
}
// Recursive case: calculate factorial using recursion
return n * factorial(n-1)
}
func main() {
// Example usage
num := 5
result := factorial(num)
fmt.Printf("Factorial of %d is %d\n", num, result)
}
oh look it works. this was something that was so simple, yet missing from Substack.