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## Description
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<section id='description'>
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Recursion is the concept that a function can be expressed in terms of itself. To help understand this, start by thinking about the following task: multiply the first <code>n</code> elements in an array to create the product of the elements. Using a <code>for</code> loop, you could do this:
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Recursion is the concept that a function can be expressed in terms of itself. To help understand this, start by thinking about the following task: multiply the elements from <code>0</code> to <code>n</code> inclusive in an array to create the product of those elements. Using a <code>for</code> loop, you could do this:
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```js
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function multiply(arr, n) {
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## Instructions
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<section id='instructions'>
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Write a recursive function, <code>sum(arr, n)</code>, that creates the sum of the first <code>n</code> elements of an array <code>arr</code>.
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Write a recursive function, <code>sum(arr, n)</code>, that returns the sum of the elements from <code>0</code> to <code>n</code> inclusive in an array <code>arr</code>.
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</section>
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title: Replace Loops using Recursion
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# Replace Loops using Recursion
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### Hint 1:
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When `n <= 0` `sum(arr, n)` returns `arr[0]`.
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### Hint 2:
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When `n` is larger than 0 `sum(arr, n)` returns `sum(arr, n - 1) + arr[n]`
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## Basic code solution:
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<details><summary>(Click to reveal)</summary>
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```js
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function sum(arr, n) {
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if (n <= 0) {
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return arr[0];
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} else {
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return sum(arr, n - 1) + arr[n];
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}
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}
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```
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</details>
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### Code explanation
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The `if` statement checks to see if `sum` is evaluating the base case, `n <= 0`, or not. If it is, then `sum` returns the answer, `arr[0]` - the sum of elements from 0 to 0 inclusive. Otherwise it recurses by evaluating a simpler function call, `sum(arr, n - 1)`. Once that returns it adds a single array element, `arr[n]`, to it and returns that sum.
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### Resources
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- [Recursive Functions - *MDN JavaScript reference*](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Functions#Recursion)
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