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+# Python program to find the factorial of a number provided by the user.
+
+num = int(input("Enter a number: "))
+
+factorial = 1
+
+# check if the number is negative, positive or zero
+if num < 0:
+   print("Sorry, factorial does not exist for negative numbers")
+elif num == 0:
+   print("The factorial of 0 is 1")
+else:
+   for i in range(1, num + 1):
+       factorial = factorial * i
+   print("The factorial of", num , "is", factorial)