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{{Reference
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== [[Help:Reference|Syntax]] ==
<table cellspacing="4" cellpadding="2" class="cmd">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="cmd">\recursedepth<!--
--></td>
</tr>
</table>

== Description ==

The nesting depth in the case of nested {{cmd|dorecurse}} or
{{cmd|dostepwiserecurse}}

== Example ==
<context source=yes>
\dorecurse{2}
{\recursedepth.\recurselevel:
\dorecurse{3}
{\recursedepth.\recurselevel\ }
\crlf}
</context>

== See also ==
* [[System Macros/Loops and Recursion]]
* Looping a fixed number of times
** {{cmd|dorecurse}} for iterating from 1 to n.
** {{cmd|dostepwiserecurse}} for iteration with arbitrary start, end, and step.
** {{cmd|recurselevel}} for the iteration number.
** {{cmd|recursedepth}} for the iteration depth, in the case of nested {{cmd|dorecurse}} and co.
* 'While' loops with exit conditions
** {{cmd|doloop}} for a loop that repeats until exited.
** {{cmd|exitloop}} to exit a loop.
** {{cmd|exitloopnow}} to immediately exit a loop.
** {{cmd|looplevel}} to know which iteration the loop is in.
** {{cmd|loopdepth}} to know how many nested loops deep we are.
* {{cmd|input}} is also often used to produce dummy text.
* [[Programming_in_LuaTeX#Loops_without_worrying_about_expansion|LuaTeX]] for heavier-duty looping and iterating.

== Help from ConTeXt-Mailinglist/Forum ==
All issues with:
{{Forum|{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}

[[Category:Command/Internals|recursedepth]]

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