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"""
File: recursion.py
Created Time: 2023-08-24
Author: krahets (krahets@163.com)
"""
def recur(n: int) -> int:
"""Recursion"""
# Base case
if n == 1:
return 1
# Recurse: make a recursive call
res = recur(n - 1)
# Unwind: return the result
return n + res
def for_loop_recur(n: int) -> int:
"""Simulate recursion using iteration"""
# Use an explicit stack to simulate the system call stack
stack = []
res = 0
# Simulate the recursive-call phase
for i in range(n, 0, -1):
# Simulate recursive calls by pushing onto the stack
stack.append(i)
# Simulate unwinding and accumulating the result
while stack:
# Simulate unwinding by popping from the stack
res += stack.pop()
# res = 1+2+3+...+n
return res
def tail_recur(n, res):
"""Tail recursion"""
# Base case
if n == 0:
return res
# Tail-recursive call
return tail_recur(n - 1, res + n)
def fib(n: int) -> int:
"""Fibonacci sequence: recursion"""
# Base cases: f(1) = 0, f(2) = 1
if n == 1 or n == 2:
return n - 1
# Recursive calls: f(n) = f(n-1) + f(n-2)
res = fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2)
# Return the result f(n)
return res
"""Driver code"""
if __name__ == "__main__":
n = 5
res = recur(n)
print(f"\nSum from the recursive function: res = {res}")
res = for_loop_recur(n)
print(f"\nSum from simulating recursion using iteration: res = {res}")
res = tail_recur(n, 0)
print(f"\nSum from the tail-recursive function: res = {res}")
res = fib(n)
print(f"\nTerm {n} of the Fibonacci sequence is {res}")