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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 00:15:59 -0500 (EST)
From: Daniel Reed <djr AT narnia DOT n DOT ml DOT org>
To: Luis Pistoia <lu5gpl AT arnet DOT com DOT ar>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: recursive factorial
In-Reply-To: <002301be5318$9d1b86e0$461b2bc8@luis>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9902080014460.11546-100000@narnia.n.ml.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Luis Pistoia wrote:
)   else{
)     printf("%d * ",passed);
)     return passed * rcs_factorial(--passed);
)   }
Try just
	return(passed * rcs_factorial(passed - 1));
instead. --passed decreases the actual passed variable, which is not what
you want to do.

-- 
Daniel Reed <n AT ml DOT org>
As I said before, I never repeat myself...

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