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recursionlimit

get or set recursion limit

Syntax

limit = recursionlimit()
old = recursionlimit(new)
current = recursionlimit("current")

Arguments

"current"

used to get current recursion level

limit

current recursion limit

new

new recursion limit

old

old recursion limit

Description

Use this function to change the recursion of Scilab. each built-in, macro or overload is a level. This parameter can be setup in Scilab preferences. Default value is set to 1000.

Examples

recursionlimit(20);
function testRecursion()
    printf("recursion: %d\n", recursionlimit("current") - 1);
    testRecursion;
endfunction

testRecursion;
//show that cos and %rec_cos increment the current recursion level.
recursionlimit(40);
function %rec_cos(val)
    printf("recursion: %d\n", recursionlimit("current") - 1);
    val.count = val.count + 1;
    //disp(val.count);
    cos(val);
endfunction

a = tlist(["rec", "count"], 0);
cos(a)
recursionlimit(10);
function [out]=recfib(in)
    printf("recursion: %d\n", recursionlimit("current") - 1);
    if in == 1  then
        out = 1;
    elseif in == 2
        out = 1;
    else
        out = recfib(in-1) + recfib(in-2);
    end
endfunction

recfib(10); //OK
recfib(11); //KO

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Last updated:
Wed Jun 15 08:27:30 CEST 2016