Factorial in Lua

Example for versions Lua 5.0.3

This example uses recursive factorial definition. 

function factorial(n)
    if (n == 0) then
        return 1
    else
        return n * factorial(n - 1)
    end
end

for n = 0, 16 do
    io.write(n, "! = ", factorial(n), "\n")
end