Combination Function Help

[Joel Goldstick]

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On Feb 12, 2014 11:00 AM, <kjakupak at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> def choices(n, k):
>     if k == 1:
>         return n
>     if n == k:
>         return 1
>     if k == 0:
>         return 1
>     return choices(n - 1, k) + choices(n - 1, k - 1)
Following line never runs
>     print ("Total number of ways of choosing %d out of %d courses: " %
(n, k))
>
> n = int(input("Number of courses you like: "))
> k = int(input("Number of courses you can register for: "))
> choices(n, k)
>
> Changed it like you said, didn't work
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