Factorial in Elixir

Welcome to the Factorial in Elixir page! Here, you’ll find the source code for this program as well as a description of how the program works.

Current Solution

defmodule Factorial do
  def main(args) do
    args
    |> List.first
    |> as_integer
    |> get
    |> IO.puts()
  end

  def get(0, acc) do
    acc
  end

  def get(n, acc) do
    get(n - 1, acc * n)
  end

  def get(n) when not is_integer(n) or n < 0 do
    "Usage: please input a non-negative integer"
  end

  def get(n) do
    get(n, 1)
  end

  def as_integer(n) do
    try do
        String.to_integer(n)
    rescue
        ArgumentError -> -1
    end
  end
end

Factorial.main(System.argv())

Factorial in Elixir was written by:

• Jeremy Grifski
• Parker Johansen
• pearl2201

If you see anything you’d like to change or update, please consider contributing.

Note: The solution shown above is the current solution in the Sample Programs repository as of Oct 16 2019 14:19:14. The solution was first committed on Oct 12 2019 09:32:34. As a result, documentation below may be outdated.

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