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Recursion in C Language | Programs of recursion in C Language

Function repeatedly calling itself is called recursion. We must specify some condition to stop recursion otherwise function may run infinitely.

Program using recursion to find factorial of a number .

#include<stdio.h>
int factorial(int no)
{
if(no==1||no==0)
  return(1);
else
  return(no*factorial(no-1));
}
int main()
{
int f1,n;
printf("\nEnter a number");
scanf("%d",&n);
f1=factorial(n);
printf("\nFactorial =%d",f1);
return(0);
}

Output

Enter a number=4
Factorial =24

Description

Suppose n is 4

Program will execute as follows

f = factorial (4); will be evaluated.

Inside function, return(no*factorial(no-1)); is executed.

This statement again calls factorial() function with value n-1 i.e. 4*fact(4-1);

This process continues until value of no is equal to 1 or 0 and when no is equal to 1 it returns 1 and execution of this function stops. Process is as f0llows

f1 = 4* fact (3-1);

f1 =4*3* fact (3-1);

f4 = 4*3*2*fact (2-1);

f 1= 4*3*2*1;

f = 24;

Nesting of functions in C Language

It is the process in which a function calls another function.

Program for nesting of function.

#include<stdio.h>
void msg()
{
printf(”\nHello”);
}
void disp()
{
printf(”Welcome”);
msg();       /*Function msg() nested within function show().*/
}
int main()
{
disp();
return(0);
}

Output

Welcome
Hello

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