Recursive Function

Hello again. Can someone help me i cant solve this problem:
Write a C program to develop recursive functions to read the number of items from a string and to sum the result. sorry for my english.

 

A simple example of recursion would be:

Code:

 
void recurse()
{
  recurse(); //Function calls itself
}

int main()
{
  recurse(); //Sets off the recursion
}

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Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

void recurse ( int count ) // Each call gets its own count
{
  cout<< count <<"\n";
  // It is not necessary to increment count sinceeach function's
  //  variables are separate (so each count will be initialized one greater)
  recurse ( count + 1 );
}

int main()
{
  recurse ( 1 ); //First function call, so it starts at one        
}