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Recursion Tracing

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Comprehension Questions

Question	Answer
Did you define all the recursion terms?	Yes
How do you feel about tracing recursive problems? (good, bad, ugly, neutral)	Good
Would you like help/follow up about recursion?	I wouldn't mind a real-world application or two!

Recursion - A method calling itself.
Recursive Case - The case in which the "itself" is known.
Base Case - A case to ensure the recursive method can be exited. Recursive should always be heading toward base case.
Activation Chain/Stack The stored results of every call.
Activation Record/Call Each time the method references itself.
Infinite Recursion/Stack Overflow/Stack too deep - The method never exits as the base case isn't achievable.

Trace #1a - 15
Trace #1b - 55
Trace #1c - Infinite Recursion

Trace #2a - 8
Trace #2b - 14
Trace #2c - (123)

Trace #3a - 100
Trace #3b - 100
Trace #3c - 200

Trace #4a - 100
Trace #4b - 64
Trace #4c - 5

Trace #5a - *i
Trace #5b - “”
Trace #5c - *i, there!

[sudocrystal]

Recursion Tracing

It's a little hard to respond to your answers when they are answered in the PR instead of in a file because I can't comment inline. But I can make it work :)

Definition of "recursive case" does not make sense to me.

Definition of "Activation Chain/Stack" is confusing to me as well. It doesn't store results. It tracks the method calls themselves.

Definition of "Activation Record/Call" is each individual call to the recursive method. I think the wording "references itself" throws me here.

Traces 1-4 look good.

You should revisit trace 5, it is not correct.

[janicewilson]

Thanks for the feedback and I will revisit! On Apr 12, 2017, at 23:51, Crystal <[email protected]> wrote: Recursion Tracing It's a little hard to respond to your answers when they are answered in the PR instead of in a file because I can't comment inline. But I can make it work :) Definition of "recursive case" does not make sense to me. Definition of "Activation Chain/Stack" is confusing to me as well. It doesn't store results. It tracks the method calls themselves. Definition of "Activation Record/Call" is each individual call to the recursive method. I think the wording "references itself" throws me here. Traces 1-4 look good. You should revisit trace 5, it is not correct. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#37 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADyUb_Ax8MgSBkMmx1-PCAcwSOx0CALLks5rvcXvgaJpZM4MyQZq>.