>OK, Bruce, you said no looping, but you didn't say no recursion:
>
>FUNCTION Gifts
>
>LPARAMETER pnDays
>
>LOCAL lnresult
>lnresult = 0
>IF pnDays > 0
> lnresult = ((pnDays * (pnDays + 1 ) ) / 2) + Gifts(pnDays - 1)
>ENDIF
>RETURN lnresult
>ENDFUNC
>
Uh-oh! Well, Edward P. found the desired solution, but we'll have to grant you some credit for wily thinking and interesting technique. :~)
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.
