[Tutor] how to handle big numbers

[Alan Gauld]

On 09/12/11 19:25, surya k wrote:
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> Finding factorial of 8 or 9 isn't big. If I would like to find factorial of 32327, how can I ?? 		 	   		


Just type it in, but expect to wait a long time for the answer...
Python integers are limited by the memory of your machine.

factorial(30000) took about 7 seconds on my PC - much faster than I 
expected!

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