22 Examples of Recursive Functions in Python
Posted by Al Sweigart in misc
Here are 22 actual, runnable Python code for several recursive functions, written in a style to be understandable by beginners and produce debuggable output.
Recursion Is Not A Superpower: An Iterative Ackermann
Posted by Al Sweigart in misc
This post has the Python code for the infamously recursive Ackermann function, but without using recursion.
Recursion Explained with the Flood Fill Algorithm (and Zombies and Cats)
Posted by Al Sweigart in misc
This is a programming tutorial for beginner and intermediate programmers who want to learn what recursion is. The programming language used for the examples is Python, but you can probably follow along if you know programming in some other language such as PHP or JavaScript.