st: Re: function to calculate factorial

["Michael Blasnik" <michael.blasnik@verizon.net>]

Stata has the log of the factorial.  type help lnfact().  In Stata 9, MATA 
also has factorial functions. You could have found this out on your own 
using search.

Michael Blasnik
michael.blasnik@verizon.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Winter" <d.l.winter@bham.ac.uk>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 1:34 PM
Subject: st: function to calculate factorial



> Simple question really -  what (if at all) is the function in Stata 9 to 
> calculate the factorial of a number(n), i.e the equivalent of FACT(n) in 
> Excel. I cannot seem to find it in the FAQ ('calculate factorial') or 
> Stata help ('help factorial').
>
> Sorry to appear so dim.
>
> Dave
>
> ***********************************************************
> Mr David L. Winter, HNC
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