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"""

This is a test of reading a documentation string.

"""

def factorial(n):

"""

This function returns the factorial of a number.

The factorial of 6 is 6*5*4*3*2.

This function uses recursion.

"""

if n == 0 or n == 1:

return 1

else:

f = (n*factorial(n-1))

return f

print factorial(6)

print factorial.__doc__

print __doc__

"""

720

This function returns the factorial of a number.

The factorial of 6 is 6*5*4*3*2.

This function uses recursion.

This is a test of reading a documentation string.

"""