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# calculate factorial of n
def fact(n):

    # no work required
    if n == 1 or n == 0:
        return 1

    # minimum amount of work
    return n * fact(n - 1)


if __name__=="__main__":
    n = 5
    factorial = fact(n)
    print(f"{n}! = {factorial}")

Block Markdown

```python
# calculate factorial of n
def fact(n):

    # no work required
    if n == 1 or n == 0:
        return 1

    # minimum amount of work
    return n * fact(n - 1)


if __name__=="__main__":
    n = 5
    factorial = fact(n)
    print(f"{n}! = {factorial}")

```

Script adapted from Palistha Singh's "How Does Recursion Work? Explained with Code Examples"