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**FACTORIAL(number)**

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| **FACTORIAL** | Computes the factorial of a number. |
| number | A numeric constant or variable containing a positive integer value. |

The FACTORIAL function implements the standard factorial formula. For example, if the number provided is 5 then the function returns the value of: (1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5) = 120.

**Return DataType:**     REAL

**Example:**

**X = 5**

**FactorialOfX = FACTORIAL(X)     !call FACTORIAL**