<problem>
<parameter name="externalurl" type="string" description="URL for external testing" />
<script type="loncapa/perl">
sub fact {
my $n=shift;
if ($n==1) {
return $n;
} else {
return $n*&fact($n-1);
}
}
$testvalues='0=1';
foreach $i (1..3) {
$rand=&random(3,8,1);
$testvalues.=','.$rand.'='.&fact($rand);
}
#
# Set anything else you want to pass in this hash.
# Name-value pairs will be passed as posted form parameters.
#
%args=('somecode' => (<<'ENDCODE')
sub negative {
my ($number)=@_;
return $number<0;
}
ENDCODE
);
# Get a URL if it is externally set
$externalurl=¶meter_setting('externalurl');
#
# Important: set your default URL here
#
unless ($externalurl=~/\w/) { $externalurl='http://localhost/cgi-bin/sampleexternal.pl'; }
#
</script>
<startouttext />Write a Perl subroutine called <tt>factorial</tt>, which returns the factorial of its argument, e.g. <tt>&factorial(17)=17!</tt>. You can use the
boolean function <tt>&negative(number)</tt>, which returns <tt>true</tt> if the argument is negative.
<instructorcomment>
Sample code for an evaluation script can be found <a href="/res/adm/includes/templates/sampleexternal.pl">here.</a></instructorcomment>
<endouttext />
<externalresponse url="$externalurl" answer="$testvalues" form="%args" answerdisplay="The most elegant (and dangerous) solution is recursive.">
<textfield></textfield>
</externalresponse>
</problem>
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