I was having some problem when trying to do a reverse array using recursion. Here is the function prototype:
void rReverseAr(int ar[ ], int size);
And here is my code:
int main()
{
int ar[10], size, i;
printf("Enter array size: ");
scanf("%d", &size);
printf("Enter %d numbers: ", size);
for (i = 0; i
scanf("%d", &ar[i]);
rReverseAr(ar, size);
printf("rReverseAr(): ");
for (i = 0; i
printf("%d ", ar[i]);
return 0;
}
void rReverseAr(int ar[], int size) {
int start = 0, end = size - 1, temp;
if (start < end) {
temp = ar[start];
ar[start] = ar[end];
ar[end] = temp;
start++;
end--;
rReverseAr(ar, size - 1);
}
}
The expected output should be when user entered 1 2 3 and it supposed to return 3 2 1. However, with these code, the output that I am getting is 2 3 1.
Any ideas?
# Answer 1
Your code is almost right. The only problem is that instead of "shrinking" the array from both sides, you shrink it only from the back.
The recursive invocation should look like this:
rReverseAr(ar + 1, size - 2);
You do not need to increment start or decrement end, because their values are not used after modification.
# Answer 2
A Simple way :
#include
using namespace std;
void revs(int i, int n, int arr[])
{
if(i==n)
{
return ;
}
else
{
revs(i+1, n, arr);
printf("%d ", arr[i]);
}
}
int main()
{
int i, n, arr[10];
scanf("%d", &n);
for(i=0; i
{
scanf("%d", &arr[i]);
}
revs(0, n, arr);
return 0;
}
Iterate array with recursion in C : link
# Answer 3
What you are doing is to exchange values of the 1st and last elements and do the recursion.
Every time you should move your address to the next element as the starter for the next array exchange.
A possible way:
void rReverseAr(int ar[], int size){
int buffer=ar[0];
ar[0] = ar[size-1];
ar[size-1] = buffer;
if ((size!=2)&&(size!=1)) rReverseAr(ar+1,size-2);
}