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Hello,
I am having an algorithm like:

Search(path)
{
      for each d as directory in path
             Search(d)  //Recurse

      for each f as file in path
           //do something with f

}

Here the main recursion is due to search in all sub directories. Can this be made iterative one ?
Any help will be nice.

Thanks,
Dan

Posted 5-Dec-10 23:39pm

Dan Suthar

Updated 5-Dec-10 23:40pm

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2010-12-05T23:43:00

Solution 1

Why don't you use the DirectoryInfo object, retrieve all file names (including the sub-folders), and just do one iteration through all of the returned file names...

Posted 5-Dec-10 23:43pm

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Dan Suthar 6-Dec-10 5:47am

suppose mine is C drive then DirectoryInfo on C Drive will give me all dirs and files in it but will it give all sub files/folders ? If so then in short it should list all files eventually present in C Drive. Can u give me an example ?