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Error: Cannot call a sub-procedure recursively

Description

Sub-procedures allow you to separate out chunks of procedure code, both simplifying procedures and allowing repeated tasks to be called from multiple places (or even multiple procedures). One sub-procedure can also invoke another sub-procedure.

However, a sub-procedure cannot invoke itself - this will lead to the procedure being called recursively, and potentially getting into an infinite loop with no exit.

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