Computes the factorial of some integer value. - Java java.lang

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Computes the factorial of some integer value.

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;
import java.math.BigInteger;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Computes the factorial of some integer value. Returns 1 for inut value 0.
     * <p>
     * @param value The input value
     * @return The factorial of {@literal value}
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@literal value} is negative.
     */
    public static BigInteger factorial(final int value) {
        if (value < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
        }
        BigInteger result = BigInteger.ONE;
        for (int i = 1; i <= value; i++) {
            result = result.multiply(BigInteger.valueOf(i));
        }
        return result;
    }
}

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