From e5e713a63fff1ed7a2bc1ee3d4116346a2d550f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Konstantin Chukhlomin <mail@chuhlomin.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:46:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Updated Rob Pike example

---
 README.md | 23 +++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ccdb013..3ba430e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -210,17 +210,20 @@ func Factorial(n int) int {
 ## Rob Pike
 
 ```text
-package fac
-
-// Factorial returns n!.
-func Factorial(n int) int {
-	res := 1
-
-	for i := 1; i <= n; i++ {
-		res *= i
+func factorial(n int64) (*big.Int, error) {
+	if n < 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("negative value %d for factorial", n)
 	}
-
-	return res
+	fac := big.NewInt(1)
+	if n == 0 {
+		return fac
+	}
+	x := big.NewInt(0)
+	for i := int64(2); i <= n; i++ {
+		x.SetInt64(i)
+		fac.Mul(fac, x)
+	}
+	return fac
 }
 ```