Re: who can do this without the recursion

On Tue, July 5, 2005 3:48 am, Jochem Maas said: > I have a function which recursively loops an assoc array in > order to build an HTML string containing hidden <input> elements > that repesent the key/values passed in the array ... I know this can > be done without recursion but I'm having a brainfreeze, anyone care > to share some tips on replacing the recursion with some kind of stack > based solution (the idea being that I want to remove the overhead > of the recursive calls to the function if possible ... I don't recall the answer, but if you Google for "eliminate tail recursion" or "convert tail recursion to iteration" you should find Computer Science textbook examples galore. You'd think having done a zillion of these in my Grad School days would have made more of an impression... Mostly it impressed me that recursion wasn't "cool" -- just another "tool" and one that you only should pull out 1% of the time. I have a hacksaw. I don't use it every meal. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm