How to apply an 'indicator' function to infinite product?

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Suppose there exists an 'indicator' function whose argument is the positive integers $n$, and which yields $1$ or $0$ depending on whether $n$ is a member of some set $S$:

$$f(n):= \begin{cases} 1, & n\in S \\ 0, & n\notin S \end{cases}$$

I want to find the infinite product

$$\prod_{n\in S}n$$

but I want to express it in terms of all $n$ rather than pre-selecting $n\in S$, so that for some function $g$

$$\prod_{n\in S}n=\prod_{n=1}^\infty g(n)$$

Is it possible to find $g$ as a function of $f$?

If the series was a summation rather than a product it would of course be easy:

$$\sum_{n\in S}n=\sum_{n=1}^\infty f(n) n$$

But the product case appears to be much harder, and I'm wondering if I'm missing something blindingly obvious.

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Yes $$\prod _{n \in \mathbb N}n^{f(n)}$$