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Re: Fibonacci series recursion error

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Date Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:41:52 -0700
From Gary Herron <gherron@islandtraining.com>
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On 04/29/2011 08:22 PM, lalit wrote:
> import os
> def fib(n):
> 	if n == 1:
>            return(n)
> 	else:
>            return (fib(n-1)+fib(n-2))
>
> list=fib(20)
> print(list)
>
> The above function return the
> return (fib(n-1)+fib(n-2))
>
>
> RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded in comparison
> [36355 refs]
>
> can any one help

You correctly test for n==1, but what about when n==2?    When the 
recursion works its way down to fib(2), you call both fib(1) and fib(0), 
but the latter starts an infinite sequence of calls to fib(-1), fib(-2) 
and so on without end.

Gary Herron

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  Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Gary Herron <gherron@islandtraining.com> - 2011-04-29 20:41 -0700
  Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Jason Friedman <jason@powerpull.net> - 2011-04-30 03:57 +0000
  Re: Fibonacci series recursion error harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-04-29 23:45 -0500
    Re: Fibonacci series recursion error harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-04-29 23:51 -0500
      Re: Fibonacci series recursion error harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-04-30 00:31 -0500
        Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2011-04-30 08:14 +0200
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    Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-04-30 06:50 +0100
    Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk> - 2011-04-30 06:43 +0100
  Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 23:27 -0600
    Re: Fibonacci series recursion error harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-04-30 00:35 -0500
      Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2011-04-30 08:32 +0200
        Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-30 16:37 +1000
      Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-04-30 11:37 +0200
        Re: Fibonacci series recursion error harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-02 16:50 -0500
          Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 08:17 +1000
            Re: Fibonacci series recursion error harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-03 12:10 -0500
              Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-04 07:41 +1000
              Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 16:31 -0600
              Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-04 09:09 +1000
          Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-05-02 16:22 -0600
          Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 08:42 +1000
          Recursion or iteration (was Fibonacci series recursion error) rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-05-02 18:48 -0700
            Re: Recursion or iteration (was Fibonacci series recursion error) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 12:13 +1000
            Re: Recursion or iteration (was Fibonacci series recursion error) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 15:29 +1000
              Re: Recursion or iteration (was Fibonacci series recursion error) rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 00:52 -0700
                Re: Recursion or iteration (was Fibonacci series recursion error) Dave Angel <davea@ieee.org> - 2011-05-03 06:32 -0400
                Re: Recursion or iteration (was Fibonacci series recursion error) rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 03:51 -0700
                Re: Recursion or iteration (was Fibonacci series recursion error) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 21:04 +1000
                Re: Recursion or iteration (was Fibonacci series recursion error) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-03 12:49 +0000
                Re: Recursion or iteration (was Fibonacci series recursion error) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 23:02 +1000
            Re: Recursion or iteration (was Fibonacci series recursion error) Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-05-02 23:46 -0600

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