""" Compute the factorial of a set of numbers stored in a file. """ def factorial(n): if n == 0: return 1 else: return factorial(n-1) * n def read_data(filename): numbers = [] with open(filename, 'r') as f: for line in f: number = int(line) numbers.append(number) return numbers def compute_factorials_for_list(numbers): factorials = [] for number in numbers: result = factorial(number) factorials.append(result) return factorials def main(): numbers = read_data('numbers.txt') factorials = compute_factorials_for_list(numbers) if __name__ == '__main__': main()