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// Fig. 3.14: fig03_14.cpp
// Recursive factorial function.
#include <iostream>

using std::cout;
using std::endl;

#include <iomanip>

using std::setw;

unsigned long factorial( unsigned long ); // function prototype

int main()
{
   // Loop 10 times. During each iteration, calculate 
   // factorial( i ) and display result.
   for ( int i = 0; i <= 10; i++ )
      cout << setw( 2 ) << i << "! = " 
           << factorial( i ) << endl;

   return 0;  // indicates successful termination

} // end main

// recursive definition of function factorial
unsigned long factorial( unsigned long number )
{
   // base case
   if ( number <= 1 )  
      return 1;

   // recursive step
   else                
      return number * factorial( number - 1 );

} // end function factorial

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