i will only ever be going 2-3 levels deep at this stage. >I'm not sure how many levels of recursion your trying to do, but with CF >there is a limit to recursion. This little factorial function will show >you that limit in a hurry if you put in a large enough value. > ><cffunction name="factorial" access="public" returntype="numeric" >output="yes"> > <cfargument name="end_value" required="Yes" type="numeric"> > <cfif end_value lte 1> > <cfreturn 1> > <cfelse> > Calling myself with #arguments.end_value-1#<br> > <cfreturn end_value * Factorial(arguments.end_value-1)> > </cfif> ></cffunction> > > ><cfoutput>#factorial(1000)#</cfoutput> > > >Wil Genovese > >One man with courage makes a majority. >-Andrew Jackson > >A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. > > > >Mike | NZSolutions Ltd wrote: >>
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