Introduction

In this example we will see how to build fibonacci series using Python programming language. We will create both recursive and non-recursive function in Python programming language to build the fibonacci series.

In mathematics, the Fibonacci numbers, commonly denoted Fₙ, form a sequence, called the Fibonacci sequence, such that each number is the sum of the two preceding ones, starting from 0 and 1. That is, and for n > 1. Wikipedia

Prerequisites

Python 3.8.1

Non-recursive Implementation

In non-recursive implementation we will keep track of the previous, current and last previous to build the series.

def non_recur_fibo(n):
	curr = 0
	prev = 1
	lastprev = 0
	series = '0 1'
	
	for i in range(2, n):
		curr = prev + lastprev
		series += ' ' + str(curr)
		lastprev = prev
		prev = curr

	return series

Recursive Implementation

In recursive implementation we will recursively call the same function to build the series.

def recur_fibo(n):
	if n == 0:
		return 0
	elif n == 1:
		return 1
	else:
		return recur_fibo(n - 1) + recur_fibo(n - 2)

Testing the Program

Now we will execute the program as shown below:

n=int(input("Enter the terms: "))

print('Number of fibonacci terms in a series', n)

print('Series (non-recursive): ', non_recur_fibo(n))

print('Series (recursive): ', end = '')
for i in range(n):
	print(str(recur_fibo(i)) + ' ', end = '')

In the above code snippets we are testing both non-recursive and recursive functions.

The above code snippets will give you below output:

Enter the terms: 10
Number of fibonacci terms in a series 10
Series (non-recursive):  0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34
Series (recursive): 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34

We have given end = ' ' in the print statement to print the value or string in the same line. By default print() function prints the string or value on a new line.

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