#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; my $sub = do { my $this_sub; $this_sub = sub { my $factor = int(shift); return $factor > 1 ? &$this_sub($factor-1) * $factor : 1; }; }; print "factorial of 7 is ".&$sub(7)."\n"; #### my @factorials = map {&{ my $this_sub; $this_sub = sub { my $factor = int(shift); return $factor > 1 ? &$this_sub($factor-1) * $factor : 1; }}($_)} (3,5,7,9); print "factorials: @factorials\n";