How to calculate the 21! (21 factorial) in swift?

Question

I am making fuction that calculate factorial in swift. like this

func factorial(factorialNumber: UInt64) -> UInt64 {
    if factorialNumber == 0 {
                


        

Answer 1

Did you think about using a double perhaps? Or NSDecimalNumber?

Also calling the same function recursively is really bad performance wise.

How about using a loop:

let value = number.intValue - 1

var product = NSDecimalNumber(value: number.intValue)

for i in (1...value).reversed() {
    product = product.multiplying(by: NSDecimalNumber(value: i))
}