Backwards

[GoranGaming]

This program outputs the input written backwards, but I don't get how it works when looking at the code. Could someone explain it to me?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void baklanges(){
     char c;
     if(cin.get(c)){
        baklanges();
        cout << c;
     }
}

int main(){
    baklanges();
}

[vlad from moscow]

It is a recursive function. The first character entered is printed last. So you have a stack model.

[MikeyBoy]

To expand on vlad's answer (because I started typing it ages ago and didn't finish ;) ):

It's recursive - i.e. baklanges calls itself.

It only outputs a letter after the recursive call returns - i.e. after recursion ends.

The first time cout << c executes will be within the deepest recursive call - i.e. it will be the last letter entered.

The next time it executes will be in the second deepest recursion, i.e. the second last character entered.

And so on...