DataWeave programming challenge #6: Using tail-recursion to get the factorial of a number

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In this post:

• Input

• Explanation of the problem

• Expected output

• Clues

• Answer

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Input

Consider the following input payload (can be of txt format):

3
5
-6
300

Explanation of the problem

1. Create a tail-recursive function to get the factorial of each positive number from the payload.

2. Sum the results.

3. Retrieve the digits/characters located at positions 20-25.

4. Make sure to return a number and not a string.

5. Numbers 0 or less won't be calculated.

For example:

• The factorial of 3 is 6 (3 x 2 x 1)

• The factorial of 5 is 120 (5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1)

• The factorial of -6 won't be calculated so the result will be 0

• And so on

• Once the results are summed (6 + 120 + 0...), extract the digits at indexes 20 to 25.

• Return this last 6-digit number.

Expected output

In this case, the expected output would be:

537046

Clues

If you're stuck with your solution, feel free to check out some of these clues to give you ideas on how to solve it!

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