Recursion Runs Loops Around Iteration!

Do you ever struggle with developing a part of your solution where you have to deal with a set of data of varying size, such as lists in a text field? Do you have situations where you wish you could loop inside a calculation, instead of having to resort to scripts? Well, recursion can help! Recursion is a programming technique that solves a problem by having a defined portion of code repeatedly call itself, or call itself at least once. This approach provides an elegant way to tackle a problem where the size of the task can differ from situation to situation. In this article, I show you how recursion works and how to make practical use of one of FileMaker Pro 7's most powerful capabilities.