Function for Factorial in Python

Easiest way is to use math.factorial (available in Python 2.6 and above): If you want/have to write it yourself, you can use an iterative approach: or a recursive approach: Note that the factorial function is only defined for positive integers so you should also check that n >= 0 and that isinstance(n, int). If it’s not, raise a ValueError or a TypeError respectively. math.factorial will take care of this for … Read more

ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ”

I am creating a program that reads a file and if the first line of the file is not blank, it reads the next four lines. Calculations are performed on those lines and then the next line is read. If that line is not empty it continues. However, I am getting this error: ValueError: invalid … Read more

Static methods in Python?

Yep, using the staticmethod decorator Note that some code might use the old method of defining a static method, using staticmethod as a function rather than a decorator. This should only be used if you have to support ancient versions of Python (2.2 and 2.3) This is entirely identical to the first example (using @staticmethod), just not using the nice … Read more

bash: pip: command not found

Why not just do sudo easy_install pip or if this is for python 2.6 sudo easy_install-2.6 pip? This installs pip using the default python package installer system and saves you the hassle of manual set-up all at the same time. This will allow you to then run the pip command for python package installation as it will be installed with … Read more