/** * File: recursion.cpp * Created Time: 2023-08-24 * Author: krahets (krahets@163.com) */ #include "../utils/common.hpp" /* Recursion */ int recur(int n) { // Base case if (n == 1) return 1; // Recurse: make a recursive call int res = recur(n - 1); // Unwind: return the result return n + res; } /* Simulate recursion using iteration */ int forLoopRecur(int n) { // Use an explicit stack to simulate the system call stack stack stack; int res = 0; // Recurse: make a recursive call for (int i = n; i > 0; i--) { // Simulate recursive calls by pushing onto the stack stack.push(i); } // Unwind: return the result while (!stack.empty()) { // Simulate unwinding by popping from the stack res += stack.top(); stack.pop(); } // res = 1+2+3+...+n return res; } /* Tail recursion */ int tailRecur(int n, int res) { // Base case if (n == 0) return res; // Tail-recursive call return tailRecur(n - 1, res + n); } /* Fibonacci sequence: recursion */ int fib(int n) { // Base cases: f(1) = 0, f(2) = 1 if (n == 1 || n == 2) return n - 1; // Recursive calls: f(n) = f(n-1) + f(n-2) int res = fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2); // Return the result f(n) return res; } /* Driver code */ int main() { int n = 5; int res; res = recur(n); cout << "\nSum from the recursive function, res = " << res << endl; res = forLoopRecur(n); cout << "\nSum from simulating recursion with iteration, res = " << res << endl; res = tailRecur(n, 0); cout << "\nSum from the tail-recursive function, res = " << res << endl; res = fib(n); cout << "\nFibonacci term " << n << " is " << res << endl; return 0; }