Unit #3-02

Learning Outcome

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• understand and use recursion

  • factorial

Review

• what is a recursion

  • a function that calls itself

Lesson

• read "Functions", Chapter 3, Computer Based Problem Solving

  • read "Recursion"

Daily Assignment

• re-create the "Factorial" program, but do it recursively

  • 5! is just 5 * 4!

  • 4! is just 4 * 3!

  • 3! is just 3 * 2!

  • 2! is just 2 * 1!

  • 1! is just 1

Extra

• do the above in a second language