/** * File: recursion.c * Created Time: 2023-09-09 * Author: Gonglja (glj0@outlook.com) */ #include "../utils/common.h" /* Recursion */ int recur(int n) { // Termination condition if (n == 1) return 1; // Recurse: recursive call int res = recur(n - 1); // Return: return result return n + res; } /* Simulate recursion using iteration */ int forLoopRecur(int n) { int stack[1000]; // Use a large array to simulate stack int top = -1; // Stack top index int res = 0; // Recurse: recursive call for (int i = n; i > 0; i--) { // Simulate "recurse" with "push" stack[1 + top++] = i; } // Return: return result while (top >= 0) { // Simulate "return" with "pop" res += stack[top--]; } // res = 1+2+3+...+n return res; } /* Tail recursion */ int tailRecur(int n, int res) { // Termination condition if (n == 0) return res; // Tail recursive call return tailRecur(n - 1, res + n); } /* Fibonacci sequence: recursion */ int fib(int n) { // Termination condition f(1) = 0, f(2) = 1 if (n == 1 || n == 2) return n - 1; // Recursive call f(n) = f(n-1) + f(n-2) int res = fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2); // Return result f(n) return res; } /* Driver Code */ int main() { int n = 5; int res; res = recur(n); printf("\nRecursion sum result res = %d\n", res); res = forLoopRecur(n); printf("\nUsing iteration to simulate recursion sum result res = %d\n", res); res = tailRecur(n, 0); printf("\nTail recursion sum result res = %d\n", res); res = fib(n); printf("\nThe %dth Fibonacci number is %d\n", n, res); return 0; }