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Sum even factorials.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
def factorial(n):
"""
>>> factorial(20)
2432902008176640000
"""
if n < 2:
return 1
else:
return n*factorial(n-1)
def sum_even_factorials(r):
"""
>>> sum_even_factorials(20)
6423384156578667
"""
even_factorials = [factorial(n) for n in range(r) if n % 2 == 0]
return sum(even_factorials)
if __name__ == '__main__':
import doctest
doctest.testmod(verbose=True)
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