Cannot understand how Function Recursion Works on this Problem (even if I figured out the solution)

[ArielLeslie]

I think that this thread is the best so far at explaining what is happening here. A few different people have chimed in with how they explain recursion.

Recursion: What is actually happening here?

Ok, my problem isn’t passing the challenge. My problem is understanding why the code in the challenge example actually does what it does. I don’t want to write code I don’t understand just to pass the challenge and move forward. I want to actually understand what is going on behind the scenes so to speak. I left a few comments on the code below to help outline my confusion. I tried writing things out on paper but that got confusing. It seems to me that countArray doesn’t actually become an arra…