Interest in Pascal (1)
Computer Science
Level
1
Look at this Pascal ( pseudocode ) below :
function secret(x, y : longint) : longint;
begin
if (y = 0) then
secret := 1
else
secret := x * secret(x,y-1)
end;
What is the value of ?
The answer is 32768.
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1 solution
secret(8,5)=8 secret(8,4)=8 8 secret(8,3)=8 8 8 secret(8,2)=8 8 8 8 secret(8,1)=8 8 8 8 8 secret(8,1)=8 8 8 8 8 8 secret(8,0)=8 8 8 8 8 8*1=32768
NB: secret(8,0)=1 because y=0