Is the Input Factorial of an Integer?

Published by Mubashir Hassan in
loopsmathrecursionvalidation

Create a function that checks if a given integer is exactly the factorial of an integer or not. true if it is, false otherwise.

Examples

is_factorial(2) ➞ true
# 2 = 2 * 1 = 2!

is_factorial(27) ➞ false

is_factorial(24) ➞ true
# 24 = 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 = 4!

Notes

  • No error handling is necessary. Inputs are all positive integers.
  • Alternatively, you can solve this with a recursive approach.
  • There are similar versions of this challenge that is a bit more challenging than this one (a recursive and a non-recursive).
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