how to write a recursive function to read and print all the data from a file
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Jump to PostThat's a statement, what's your question? What have you done so far?
Jump to PostAllow me to ask the obvious question, why would you want to recursively read a file?
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Assembly Guy 72 Posting Whiz
That's a statement, what's your question? What have you done so far?
deceptikon 1,790 Code Sniper Team Colleague Featured Poster
Allow me to ask the obvious question, why would you want to recursively read a file?
rubberman 1,355 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
Indeed, what deceptikon asks, or do you mean "read the file from back to front"?
ddanbe 2,724 Professional Procrastinator Featured Poster
Perhaps the OP means recursivly traversing directories?
vegaseat 1,735 DaniWeb's Hypocrite Team Colleague
Unless it's for the exercise, I prefer a while loop over a recursive function and avoid a possible stack overflow.
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