# How about to simplify the factorial function name?

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**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Created:** [May 8, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-about-to-simplify-the-factorial-function-name/80715 "2022-05-08T16:28:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-about-to-simplify-the-factorial-function-name/80715/18 "2022-05-08T21:48:07Z")

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> [@cormullion](#):
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> `const ❢ = Factorial()`

Or `const ❗ = Factorial()`, which can be typed by `\:exclamation:<tab>`. 😉

Honestly, though, I’m a bit curious about what kind of code makes such heavy use of `factorial` that a shortcut is worth it.

(A common [mistake is calling `factorial` when evaluating series](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sinc-function-and-sinc-neural-networks-and-function-approximation-for-the-former/46483/4) formulas. See also [this tutorial](https://nbviewer.org/github/mitmath/18S096/blob/iap2017/pset3/pset3-solutions.ipynb#Taylor-series).)

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