Sjoerd, thank you for the examples. Mike --- Sjoerd Op 't Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Kann wrote/ schreef: > > > <snip> > > Recursion is one of those items like the ASCII > chart > > that for some reason must be in all programming > books. > > For what most of us are doing here it really is > > unnecessary and can cause problems. > I disagree; what is a more elegant handler to > calculate 7!, faculty(7)? > > function faculty v > if v is 1 then return 1 > else return v*faculty(v-1) > end faculty > > Or to make a list of all files (also in subfolders) > in a specific folder? > > function deepFiles startDir > set the cursor to busy > if it is "Cancel" then exit to top > set the directory to startDir > local tFiles > repeat for each line tFile in the files > put startDir & "/" & tFile into line (the > number of lines in tFiles > + 1) of tFiles > end repeat > repeat for each line tDir in line 2 to -1 of the > directories > put deepFiles(startDir & "/" & tDir) into line > (the number of lines in > tFiles + 1) of tFiles > set the directory to startDir > end repeat > return tFiles > end deepFiles > > Or to repeat a string (just elegant): > > function repeatstring rChunk,rTimes > if rTimes is 1 then return rChunk > else return rChunk & > repeatString(rChunk,rTImes-1) > end repeatstring > > I think, if one really thinks structured, it's > possible to make things much > simpler with recurred functions. > > > <snip> > > Good luck, Mike > Regards, / Groeten, > Sjoerd > > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
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