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general C++ question

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  • 03-04-2009 4:48am
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    variable2009
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    I was wondering if there was a limit to how many nested statements you could put in a program? For instance, nesting an if...else statement within a switch statement that is within a while statement. Any enlightenment would be appreciated.


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    hussey
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    variable2009 wrote: »
    I was wondering if there was a limit to how many nested statements you could put in a program? For instance, nesting an if...else statement within a switch statement that is within a while statement. Any enlightenment would be appreciated.

    I don't think so - would be all compiler/memory related, but I would assume a couple of hundred thousand


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    Hobbes
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    variable2009 wrote: »
    I was wondering if there was a limit to how many nested statements you could put in a program?

    Not aware of a limit, but from a coding style standpoint you should avoid doing too many.

    If you need a large number then a recursive method/function would probably be better (at least in maintaining the code).


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    fasty
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    For the sake of programming style, I would say stick to 2 or 3 nested statements.

    I guess if you had LOTS of local variables in the mix or a few large ones, you'd have stack overflow to worry about. But then the same could be said of recursion...


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