Basic JavaScript - Replace Loops using Recursion

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Hello everyone, pretty excited and gratefull for all of the job done by you guys, really enjoying it!!!

Don´t know where my questions goes/comes to/from, but I cannot understand why is that multiply(arr, n) == multiply(arr, n - 1) * arr[n - 1].:

function multiply(arr, n) {
    let product = 1;
    for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      product *= arr[i];
    }
    return product;
  }

And says: " notice that multiply(arr, n) == multiply(arr, n - 1) * arr[n - 1]. That means you can rewrite multiply in terms of itself and never need to use a loop."—>Where do you get this??? could someone please explain???

Ty so much for the time u take to answer :slight_smile:

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function sum(arr, n) {
  // Only change code below this line

  // Only change code above this line
}

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Challenge: Basic JavaScript - Replace Loops using Recursion

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I believe your question is somewhat vague.
I’m going to guess that your real question is: where is multiply calling itself in the code?
It is calling itself in the -re-written- code that you did not quote above.
Here it is from the exercise

  function multiply(arr, n) {
    if (n <= 0) {
      return 1;
    } else {
      return multiply(arr, n - 1) * arr[n - 1];
    }
  }

ps. if I guessed your question’s meaning incorrectly, please rephrase it so we can answer it better.

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#3

multiply (for loop,left) vs multiply (recursion, right):


what are the differences between the 2 versions of multiply?

Note:
I have made a video explaining (step by step) this lesson freeCodecamp: "Replace Loops Using Recursion", Solution. - YouTube .

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