Breaking a recursive cycle!

**spank** · 05-20-2006

Any ideea on how to do that? Something like break for a loop.

**whiteflags** · 05-20-2006

A recursive function should only be broken when the base condition is met. So in your function you need to have an if test.

**dwks** · 05-20-2006

You could just stop recursing, and the stack would unwind.

**esbo** · 05-20-2006

Yea use a loop with a break statement.

**vasanth** · 05-20-2006

Code:

 
 
void recursiveFunction(arguments){
 
if(conditionMet)
return;
 
--- do something----
recursiveFunction(arguments);
}

**nirva** · 05-21-2006

You can also use longjmp.

**spank** · 05-21-2006

longjump ? what's that ?

**nirva** · 05-21-2006

It's like a global goto. I suggested it just as a joke, you shouldn't really use it unless you have to.

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