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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-05 18:33:23 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-05 18:33:23 +0000 |
commit | 1d5cace9db9aef76f26b2d7ba54bbb76443b00b2 (patch) | |
tree | 314a15dd1aa103da13bdc83ba1d2105a290bc5ba /examples/functions/fact | |
parent | Initial commit. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 5.0.upstream/5.0upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/examples/functions/fact b/examples/functions/fact new file mode 100644 index 0000000..97efd49 --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/functions/fact @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +# Who said shells can't use recursion? Here is a factorial function. +# You call it with a number as an argument, and it returns the factorial +# of that number. + +fact () +{ + local num=$1; + if [ "$num" = 1 ] ; then + echo 1 + return ; + fi; + echo $(( $num * $(fact $(( $num - 1 )) ) )) +} |