problem from a beginner

[Kim Rose]

Hi Mark,
You might want to send your query to the "Squeak.org" mailing list 
which is "populated" /read by more programmers /"cs types" than 
teachers, parents and kids....the Squeakland list is comprised mostly 
of people using the "etoy"/tile interface of Squeak than with this 
kind of code.
cheers and good luck!
Kim


>Hello,
>
>I am trying to learn about squeak and writing a method to compute
>factorial using a loop.  Here's my code
>
>===========
>fact
>"an alternative to factorial method"
>
>| answer end |
>
>answer := 1.
>end := self.
>
>1 to: end do:
>    [:index | answer := answer * index.
>
>Transcript show: (answer printString), '  ', (index printString); cr. ]
>============
>
>The output looks fine, but when I call this method all that gets
>returned is the original value sent.  Please help me clear this hurdle.
>
>mv


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