BhaskarRecursion-prog.cpp

\\Recursion

\\When function is called within the same function, it is known as recursion in C++. The function which calls the same function, is known as recursive function.

\\A function that calls itself, and doesn't perform any task after function call, is known as tail recursion. In tail recursion, we generally call the same function with return statement.


\\an example to print factorial number using recursion in C++ language.

#include<bits/stdc++.h>  
using namespace std;    
int main()  
{  
int factorial(int);  
int fact,value;  
cout<<"Enter any number: ";  
cin>>value;  
fact=factorial(value);  
cout<<"Factorial of a number is: "<<fact<<endl;  
return 0;  
}  
int factorial(int n)  
{  
if(n<0)  
return(-1); /*Wrong value*/    
if(n==0)  
return(1);  /*Terminating condition*/  
else  
{  
return(n*factorial(n-1));      
}  
}