Thread: recursivly reverse a number

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    Question recursivly reverse a number

    how would you reverse a number , using recursion, in C
    (i.e. 1234 becomes 4321)

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    foo ( x / 10 );
    printf( "%d", x % 10 );

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    Just a clarification to Salem's post, if you want to print the number in reverse, print num % 10 first, and then recurse.
    printf ( "%d", x % 10 );
    recurse ( x / 10 );

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