Write a Recursive Function in JavaScript
InstructorAnjana Vakil
Published 5 years ago
Updated 4 years ago
A recursive function - a function that calls itself - is a key tool in every functional programmer's toolbox. The body of a recursive function needs two main parts:
- a recursive case, in which the recursive call is made, and
- a base case, which does not involve recursion and prevents the function from recursing infinitely.
In this lesson we'll learn the anatomy of a recursive function by writing a function to compute the factorial of a positive integer.
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