What is the recursion limit? I decided to do a speed test on larger lists, and strangely, if I have a list that is 704 lines (I used lines rather than items) things work fine. As soon as I hit 705, I get the following:
executing at 4:30:55 PM Type Function: error in function handler Object Button Line return (line 1 of pList + withRecurse( line 2 to -1 of pList)) Hint withRecurse dropping back to 704, (no changes to my script) and viola' it works again. Needless to say, if I'm hitting a recursion limit, a better error message would be nice. This is using 6.6.2. On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Geoff Canyon <gcan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Problem 1 > > Write three functions that compute the sum of the numbers in a given list > using a for-loop, a while-loop, and recursion. > > Note that he doesn't provide any test cases, so for each problem I provided > my own in a field, and then called the functions for each line in the test > field, putting the output in another field. On to the functions: > > function sumFunction X > -- just because I could, not part of the original requirements > return sum(X) > end sumFunction > > function sumFor X > repeat for each item i in X > add i to R > end repeat > return R > end sumFor > > function sumWhile X > repeat while X is not empty > add item 1 of X to R > delete item 1 of X > end repeat > return R > end sumWhile > > function sumRecurse X > if the number of items of X <= 1 > then return X > else return item 1 of X + sumRecurse(item 2 to -1 of X) > end sumRecurse > > Test data (first line was blank on purpose): > > 5 > 2,3,5,6,2,3,1 > -4,4 > -4,4,-5,5 > > Test output (not entirely happy about the disparity in results for empty > input): > 0 > 5 5 5 5 > 22 22 22 22 > 0 0 0 0 > 0 0 0 0 > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode