How to find the sum of digits of a number using recursion code example
Example 1: Sum of digits of a number using recursion function c
#include <stdio.h>
int sum (int a);
int main()
{
int num, result;
printf("Enter the number: ");
scanf("%d", &num);
result = sum(num);
printf("Sum of digits in %d is %d\n", num, result);
return 0;
}
int sum (int num)
{
if (num != 0)
{
return (num % 10 + sum (num / 10));
}
else
{
return 0;
}
}
Example 2: sum of digits python recursive
digit_sum = lambda s: sum(int(digit) for digit in str(s)) #without recursion
#sum of digits using recursion
dsum = 0 # we define dsum outside of the function so its value isn't reset every time the function gets called recursivley
def rdigit_sum(s):
global dsum # making dsum 'global' allows us to use it a function
if s: # checks if s has digits to add to dsum
dsum += s%10 # adds the current units digit to dsum
s = s
else: # if there are no digits left
s = dsum # this block reassigns s to dsum, then resets dsum to 0 so dsum doesn't already have a value if this function is called more than once in a program
dsum = 0
return s
return rdigit_sum(s) # this is the 'recursive' part of the program that calls the function again