def factorial(n):

Question

if n==1:
else: return n* factorial(n-1)
print("the factorial of ", 7, "is", factorial (7))
how could the program be modified to rpint the product of all the even numbers less than 7

Answer 1

Here is the modified program:

```python
def factorial(n):
if n == 1:
return 1
else:
return n * factorial(n-1)

def product_of_even_numbers(n):
product = 1
for i in range(2, n, 2):
product *= i
return product

print("The factorial of 7 is", factorial(7))
print("The product of all the even numbers less than 7 is", product_of_even_numbers(7))
```

Output:
```
The factorial of 7 is 5040
The product of all the even numbers less than 7 is 48
```

In the modified program, a new function `product_of_even_numbers` is added to calculate the product of all the even numbers less than the given input `n`. It uses a `for` loop to iterate from 2 to `n-1` (exclusive) with a step size of 2 to only consider even numbers. The current product is multiplied by each even number in the loop. Finally, the product is returned.