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4. Define a Recursive LISP function to compute factorial of a given number.

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factorial.lisp

	(defun fact(n)
	(if (= n 1)
	1
	(* n (fact (- n 1)))))

a0309nkita commented Nov 13, 2018

In line 2, shouldn't the if statement's parentheses be paired? Because the recursive code should be outside of the if condition.

if condition finishes after the line just after it,so 4th line ,ie the recursive call is automatically out of the if condition

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