factorial using recursive function

[spalisetty06]

Thank You Buran for the elongated reply. Thanks again, but this code is working perfectly.

no, it's not. the function is OK (and was OK - you were running different code!). The problem is line 8.
try

def factorial(n):                                       
    if n == 0:                                          
        result = 1                                      
    else:                                               
        result = n * factorial(n - 1)                   
    print("the factorial of {} is {}".format(n, result))
    return result                                       
factorial = factorial(5)                                
print(factorial)
# NOW calculate factorial of let's say 4
print(factorial(4))

the result

Error:
the factorial of 0 is 1
the factorial of 1 is 1
the factorial of 2 is 2
the factorial of 3 is 6
the factorial of 4 is 24
the factorial of 5 is 120
120
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/boyan/sandbox2/forum.py", line 11, in <module>
    print(factorial(4))
TypeError: 'int' object is not callable

What is wrong in that? I am calling the function with n value as 5. Because, the function is returning a value, I used

factorial = factorial(5)
print(factorial)

even as you did, directly

print(factorial(4))

is fine too.

[buran]

when you do

factorial = factorial(5)

factorial is not the function anymore, it's an int value 120. So you can not use the function factorial any longer. That's why the example I show you raise type error!

[spalisetty06]

Thank You, I am not sure, who developed this visualizer, he should be awarded a million dollar