questions for recursion practise.

[Muzammil]

i want good practice over recursion.
can any one give me links for recursion questions site.?? or
question.

 

[Salt_Peter]

i want good practice over recursion.
can any one give  me  links for recursion questions site.?? or
question.

Consider trying "C++ recursion" of "C++ Fibonacci" in google.

You need a question? sure...

#include <iostream>

void recurse(int n)
{
std::cout << "n = " << n << std::endl;
if(n > 0)
recurse(--n);
}

int main()
{
recurse(10);
}

How many times will recurse() call itself? (its not 10 times)
What would happen if a negative number were used instead of 10?
What happens when infinite recursion occurs? Can you explain why?

 

[James Kanze]

i want good practice over recursion.
can any one give me links for recursion questions site.?? or
question.

Well, factorial and fibonaci are the classical examples,
although both have iterative solutions which are perhaps
simpler. What you might try is a simple expression parser which
handles parentheses.

 

[Christopher Dearlove]

Well, factorial and fibonaci are the classical examples,
although both have iterative solutions which are perhaps
simpler. What you might try is a simple expression parser which
handles parentheses.

The first example I ever saw that showed recursion was useful
(factorial does not, anyone who can understand it can see that
iteration is easier) was the Tower of Hanoi. Summarising the
solution, in a manner that obviously works, and maps directly to
recursion

To move N discs from A to B, first move N-1 discs from A to C,
then move disc N from A to B, then move N-1 discs from B to C.

A non-recursive solution exists (of course) but is a lot less obvious.

(I'm assuming the underlying problem is well-known. If not, I'm sure
Google will give you many explanations.)

 

[G Kettleborough]

Salt_Peter wrote:
[...]

void recurse(int n)
{
std::cout << "n = " << n << std::endl;
if(n > 0)
recurse(--n);
}

int main()
{
recurse(10);
}

How many times will recurse() call itself? (its not 10 times)

Really? Looks like it calls itself 10 times to me.

It looks like it at first glance but note that the decrement is done
AFTER the conditional.

 

[Eberhard Schefold]

It looks like it at first glance but note that the decrement is done
AFTER the conditional.

I, too, believe that recurse() calls itself 10 times. (The number of all
calls to recurse() is 11.)

 

[Salt_Peter]

I, too, believe that recurse() calls itself 10 times. (The number of all
calls to recurse() is 11.)

The original question was worded badly, should have been 'how many
times is recurse called?". 10 recursions and 11 calls is indeed right.

 

[Ben Bacarisse]

i want good practice over recursion.
can any one give me links for recursion questions site.?? or
question.

The best examples are ones where a recursive solution is natural.
This is often the case with nested structures (binary tree algorithms
for example) or which use "divide and conquer" (merge sort of a linked
list). If these involve data structures you have not yet learnt, then
here are some other examples:

Counting change. Given a set of denominations for coinage (e.g. {1,
2, 5, 10, 20, 50}) how many ways are there of making up a given amount
of change? For example, there are 68 ways to make 25 from those
denominations.

Solve the Towers of Hanoi puzzle (just search the web for it, but
avert your eye from any solutions you might come across!).

If have access to a graphics package, write programs to draw some
fractal shapes. The Koch snowflake is one of my favourites, though
you can have more creative fun drawing recursive trees: each tree is a
trunk with 2 or maybe 3 trees growing from the top at randomly chosen
angles. At the limit of the recursion, draw a leaf. You can have
great fun altering the range of angles you choose for the branches and
the way the trunk length shrinks (or grows!) with the recursion.

Searching for solutions to puzzles is often naturally recursive. For
example, how many ways are there of putting N queens on an NxN chess
board so that no two queens are on the same row, rank or diagonal?

Write a simple pattern matcher. A pattern is either a primitive or a
sequence of primitives, or a primitive followed by * to indicate zero
or more repetitions of the preceding primitive. It helps to have a
primitive like . that can match any single character. Once you've got
a really clean implementation of this, add in ()s that can turn a
sequence into a primitive. I.e. a(bc)*d maches "ad", "abcd", "abcbcd"
etc.

That should be enough for a while!

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_snowflake

 

[Muzammil]

i want good practice over recursion.
can any one give  me  links for recursion questions site.?? or
question.

The best examples are ones where a recursive solution is natural.
This is often the case with nested structures (binary tree algorithms
for example) or which use "divide and conquer" (merge sort of a linked
list).  If these involve data structures you have not yet learnt, then
here are some other examples:

Counting change.  Given a set of denominations for coinage (e.g. {1,
2, 5, 10, 20, 50}) how many ways are there of making up a given amount
of change?  For example, there are 68 ways to make 25 from those
denominations.

Solve the Towers of Hanoi puzzle (just search the web for it, but
avert your eye from any solutions you might come across!).

If have access to a graphics package, write programs to draw some
fractal shapes.  The Koch snowflake is one of my favourites, though
you can have more creative fun drawing recursive trees: each tree is a
trunk with 2 or maybe 3 trees growing from the top at randomly chosen
angles.  At the limit of the recursion, draw a leaf.  You can have
great fun altering the range of angles you choose for the branches and
the way the trunk length shrinks (or grows!) with the recursion.

Searching for solutions to puzzles is often naturally recursive.  For
example, how many ways are there of putting N queens on an NxN chess
board so that no two queens are on the same row, rank or diagonal?

Write a simple pattern matcher.  A pattern is either a primitive or a
sequence of primitives, or a primitive followed by * to indicate zero
or more repetitions of the preceding primitive.  It helps to have a
primitive like . that can match any single character.  Once you've got
a really clean implementation of this, add in ()s that can turn a
sequence into a primitive.  I.e. a(bc)*d maches "ad", "abcd", "abcbcd"
etc.

That should be enough for a while!

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_snowflake

thanks. i got my point.enough.