As we start the last quarter of our Moose Year, I cannot help but wonder; are we going to reach our goals? Thus far, we only have two Lodges that have reached their Application Goal. Congratulati...
Recursion in computer programming is exemplified when a function is defined in terms of simpler, often smaller versions of itself. The solution to the problem is then devised by combining the solutions obtained from the simpler versions of the problem.
Recursion is applied to problems (situations) where you can break it up (reduce it) into smaller parts, and each part(s) looks similar to the original problem. Good examples of where things that contain smaller parts similar to itself are: 1  tree structure (a branch is like a tree) 2  lists (part of a list is still a list) 3  containers (Russian dolls) 4  sequences (part of a sequence looks like the next) 5  groups of objects (a subgroup is a still a group of objects)