It would be a lot better for all concerned if you could post a version of the code that actually compiles and runs (even if it runs in an endless loop). The code you posted has no usable sample data, plus a syntax error in the "PolarToRect" sub (you're missing a period between " _ " and $angle) -- and maybe it wouldn't be to awful to actually include the full code for that sub.

Based on what you've shown, it looks like the value being passed to the "recursed" constructComplex (i.e. the return value from PolarToRect) might be incorrect in some way -- but there's really no way to be sure, because the OP has left out some important parts.

(Like: when "$magnitude = blah", does this mean that it gets the part of a string that precedes " _ "? and similarly for "$angle = blah"?)

update: for that matter, I'm having trouble understanding why "constructComplex" is calling itself at all here... if the coordinates are "inPolarForm", why do you need to convert to rectangular and then back to polar?

In reply to Re: Constructing complex numbers using recursion by graff
in thread Constructing complex numbers using recursion by moltar512

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