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tommy huynh
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Need help with process of solving a coding challenge

I was able to solve the coding challenge with some help from a co worker. After solving it I understand how the code works but my process to getting to the solution was all over the place.

For the following challenge, can you give me a step by step thought process of how you would go about solving this challenge?

Write a method that takes an integer `n` in; it should return: 

n*(n-1)*(n-2)*...*2*1      

Assume n >= 0. 

And as s a special case, `factorial(0) == 1`.