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TraceDepth

TraceDepth is an option for Trace and related functions which specifies the maximum nesting of evaluation chains that are to be included.

Setting TraceDepth -> n keeps only parts down to level n in nested lists generated by Trace.

By setting TraceDepth, you can make Trace and related functions skip over "inner" parts of a computation, making their operation more efficient.

See the Mathematica book: Section 2.5.10.

See also: TraceOff.

Further Examples

Here is the recursive definition of the Fibonacci numbers.

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Here are the end conditions for the recursion.

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This shows only steps that appear in lists nested at most three levels deep.

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