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I need to write a program that takes a number and shows the result of n!
Example: 5!=1*2*3*4*5
Thank you in advance for your help.
You don't have anything in your script to ask for a second (or subsequent) value. You should prompt the user for more input, and tell them something like "Press Z to multiply your values", so the user can decide when they're done. Something like this:
Code:
#!/bin/Bash
echo "Enter the numbers to be Multiplied:"
read n1
read n2
answer=`expr $n1 \* $n2`
echo $answer
...may give you an idea. It's only two variables now, but can be expanded.
I'm curious what you mean about "using vi", for scripting. As mentioned, vi is just a text editor. However it is possible to write scripted input for it to edit files automatically.
None of that has much to do with shell arithmetic, however. Probably the easiest way to do a factorial (assuming integer input, of course), is with a simple c-style for loop.
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