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(No loop, no recursion)

Date:	07/08/08
Author:	Frédéric Lang
URL:	http://fr.lang.free.fr
Comments:	3
Info:	http://fr.lang.free.fr/cours
Score:	(3.01 in 157 votes)

#!/bin/bash
# 
# Bourne Again shell version of 99 Bottles - No loop - No recursion
# By Frédéric Lang (http://fr.lang.free.fr)

# Memorize count initial
max=${max:-99}

# Store count actual
typeset -i count=${next:-$max}

# Calculate next count
typeset -i next=count-1

# Evaluate count
if test $count -gt 0
then
	middle="take one down, pass it around"
	case $count in
		1)
			first="one bottle"
			last="no more bottles"
			;;
		2)
			first="2 bottles"
			last="one bottle"
			;;
		*)
			first="$count bottles"
			last="$next bottles"
	esac
	order="source $0"
else
	# Last occur
	first="no more bottles"
	middle="go to the shop and buy some more"
	last="$max bottles"
	order="exit 0"
fi

# Print sing
echo "$first of beer on the wall,"
echo "$first of beer,"
echo "$middle,"
echo "$last of beer on the wall."
echo

# Next occur
$order

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Alternative Versions

Version	Author	Date	Comments
Bourne Again Shell	Dave Plonka	04/20/05	5
Self Writing	Olosta	07/18/12	0
portable, rich of features, readable	Bastian Bittorf	08/20/07	0
with arrays and functions	Vittorio Cagnetta	06/30/06	0
Arithmetic on English words for numbers	Bill Brown	07/31/08	0
recursive function	Koen Noens	12/30/07	0

Comments

Vittorio said on 09/13/08 14:11:26

Frédéric, why you say "no recursion" ? In the last row, variable "order" IS actually a recursion command ( "source $0" )...
My question is: could be the result the same even if you don't source the script, but simply re-launch it ( that is, order="eval $0" )? In my humble opinion yes, the result is the same, because sourcing a text executable that has in first row: "#![INTERPRETER-PATH]", is like launching it.
Anyway, your script is nice.

yeti said on 10/27/08 02:07:02

Dear Vittorio, "no recursion" is correct because "source $0" does not mimic a call. It acts like placing the same soure lines linearily at this point at the same level as the preceeding lines.

Paulo Matos said on 12/18/08 03:22:07

Sorry this script is recursive. Recursion is done with $order.

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