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Idiom #31 Recursive factorial (simple)

Create the recursive function f which returns the factorial of the non-negative integer i, calculated from f(i-1)

defmodule Factorial do
  def f(0), do: 1
  def f(i) when i > 0 do
    n * f(i-1)
  end
end

iex > Factorial.f(100)
function F (I : Natural) return Natural is (if I < 2 then 1 else I * F (I - 1));

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