RosettaCodeData/Task/Factorial/REBOL/factorial.rebol
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REBOL [
Title: "Factorial"
URL: http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Factorial_function
]
; Standard recursive implementation.
factorial: func [n][
either n > 1 [n * factorial n - 1] [1]
]
; Iteration.
ifactorial: func [n][
f: 1
for i 2 n 1 [f: f * i]
f
]
; Automatic memoization.
; I'm just going to say up front that this is a stunt. However, you've
; got to admit it's pretty nifty. Note that the 'memo' function
; works with an unlimited number of arguments (although the expected
; gains decrease as the argument count increases).
memo: func [
"Defines memoizing function -- keeps arguments/results for later use."
args [block!] "Function arguments. Just specify variable names."
body [block!] "The body block of the function."
/local m-args m-r
][
do compose/deep [
func [
(args)
/dump "Dump memory."
][
m-args: []
if dump [return m-args]
if m-r: select/only m-args reduce [(args)] [return m-r]
m-r: do [(body)]
append m-args reduce [reduce [(args)] m-r]
m-r
]
]
]
mfactorial: memo [n][
either n > 1 [n * mfactorial n - 1] [1]
]
; Test them on numbers zero to ten.
for i 0 10 1 [print [i ":" factorial i ifactorial i mfactorial i]]