CS 121 Lecture 76: Recursive Programming

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Recursive Programming:

Consider process of summing values between 1 & N inclusive.

oN is any positive integer.

oSum of the values from 1 to N can be expressed as N + sum of values from

1 to N −1.

oSum of #s 1-N defined recursively:

EX: Sum of the values between 1 & 20 is equal to 20 + sum of

values between 1 & 19.

Continuing this approach, sum of the values between 1 & 19 is

equal to 19 + sum of the values between 1 & 18.

Each call to the method creates a new environment in which to work.

oAll local variables & parameters are newly defined w/ own unique data

space every time the method is called.

oEach parameter is given an initial value based on the new call.

Each time a method terminates, processing returns to method that

called it (which may be an earlier invocation of the same method).

These rules are no different from those governing any “regular”

method invocation.

A recursive solution to the summation problem is defined by following

recursive method called sum:

// This method returns the sum of 1 to num

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Consider process of summing values between 1 & n inclusive: n is any positive integer, sum of the values from 1 to n can be expressed as n + sum of values from. 1 to n 1: sum of #s 1-n defined recursively: Ex: sum of the values between 1 & 20 is equal to 20 + sum of values between 1 & 19. Continuing this approach, sum of the values between 1 & 19 is equal to 19 + sum of the values between 1 & 18. Each time a method terminates, processing returns to method that called it (which may be an earlier invocation of the same method). These rules are no different from those governing any regular method invocation. A recursive solution to the summation problem is defined by following recursive method called sum: Sum method is recursive b/c sum calls itself.

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