Thread: element ?

I have a question about the elements of A in the following:

Code:

int Tally(float A[], int Size, float X)
{
    if (Size <= 0){     /* to see if it is 0 or neg numb and returns a*/
       return a;}
    else
       return (A[0] == X) + Tally(A + 1, Size - 1, X); /*first element is checked against X and tally a is incremented by on size decremented*/
}

Doesnt this code return the number of elements in A equal to x

No you'd need something like:

return (A[0] != X) ? 0 : 1 + Tally( A + 1, Size - 1, X );

in this way, Tally always completes the recursion.

Does it return the number of elements in a then?

Originally Posted by matthughes

Does it return the number of elements in a then?

It doesn't do anything, since there is no such thing as "a"

Originally Posted by brewbuck

It doesn't do anything, since there is no such thing as "a"

instead of a it was supposed to be

Code:

 return 0;

i got it people it returns the number of elements equal to x!!!