Posted by Curtis on 10/13/11 11:34

Any suggestions for a recursive algorithm that reads text
file A line by line until it encounters a line directing to
it read in a similar manner file B which might have command
lines for reading files C and D, and so forth.

It might look like so:

A
A
A
A
A
READ B
B
B
READ C
C
C
B
B
A
A etc.

The objective is to have one large array or string of text
with the referenced files as includes. I think I can manage
the recursive file opens, though I haven't tested code yet.
Questions:

Any limit to number of files? (Is file() the best function
for this?)

Best way to prevent circular references? (Place each
filename in an array with its calling file as a key and...?)

Guidance appreciated.

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