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COMP 51 Week Fourteen Recursion

Learning Objectives Recursion Understand how functions can invoke themselves New programming control structure and design model

Why Do We Care User the power of Recursive programming! Introduction to algorithm design Solve common programming problems

To Dream within a Dream Inception Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66TuSJo4dZM

Recursion – Simply Explained Function Calls itself Int myRecursive(int testValue) { If (testValue == 0) Return something Do some calculation testValue--; return(myRecursive(testValue)); } Example Factorial(n) = n*(n-1)*(n-2)*…*1 Factorial(4) = 24 The test does not have to be zero. It can be any ending condition This is the recursive call!

Factorial Revisited - Loop Cout << “Enter a factorial amount” Cin >> num Fact = 1; For (i = num; i > 0; i--) Fact = fact * i;

Factorial Recursive Solution Termination condition (base case) int factorial(int n) { if (n == 0) return 1; else return (n * factorial(n-1)); } Recursive call with changed argument Combining Step

Steps to Write Recursive Functions Identify the base case (the if statement) Determined what this result should be Define the call so as to make the problem smaller  closer to the base case. (toughest part!) Interactive Animation

Fibonacci Example What is the base case __________ What is the base result __________ What is the function call __________ http://talkbinary.com/programming/c/recursion-examples/

Recursion Location Option One – At end of function Calculation is done first Result is assigned to the recursive call Option Two – near top of function Calls burrow down to the base case. Result is combined via return statement Goal is to cast the problem as a choice to be made.

Permutation Problems Very Common Programming Issue

Subset Problems Another Common Pattern Find all subsets of some input (typically a string) “abc” has subsets “a”, “b”, “ab”, “ac”,… Order does not matter  “ab” = “ba” Solution Separate element from string. Use first. Form subsets that include the element Then form subsets without the element Base Case = When subset is null

Two recursive calls in the function Subset Recursive Code Two recursive calls in the function

Fractal Graphics Sierpinski Triangle – Recursion Example Start with single triangle Draw an upside down triangle Draw three smaller triangles in the resulting upwards triangle Repeat with the 9 upwards triangles

Final Fractal Graphic

Recursion Processing Sequence Fractal Left L-Left L-L-Left Base L-L-Top L-Top L-Right Top Right

Other Fractal Examples

Backtracking Pseudocode During game play (such as Chess), you need to undo a poor choice

Tower of Hanoi Classic Recursive Solution Rules of Game Three towers Goal is to move discs from one tower to another tower Move only one disk at a time Can not move bigger disk on top of smaller disk Here’s the Solution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tower_of_Hanoi_4.gif

Iterative Tower Solution For an even number of disks: make the legal move between pegs A and B make the legal move between pegs A and C make the legal move between pegs B and C repeat until complete For an odd number of disks:

Tower Practice Pseudocode Steps function hanoi is: input: integer n, such that n >= 1 1. if n is 1 then return 1 2. return [2 * [call hanoi(n-1)] + 1] end hanoi Steps Function prototype : void tower(int n,char from,char aux,char to); Base case : if (n == 1) Print "\t\tMove disc 1 from "<<from<<" to "<<to Otherwise, call tower twice but switch from, aux, to in each call Print out the move between the calls Main program Prompt user for number of discs Initial call is tower(num,'A','B','C');

Key Takeaways Recursion The Inception Kick Just as confusing as the movie Inception! Powerful programming model Can be expensive from a RAM memory usage. The Inception Kick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A1pIRXPCL8