Basic JavaScript - Replace Loops using Recursion

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I have been trying to run the code, is not going through, I need help:

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Your code so far

function sum(arr, n) {
  // Only change code below this line
  if (n <= 0) {
    return 1;
  } else {
    return sum (arr, n-1) + arr[n - 1];
  }
  // Only change code above this line
}
console.log(sum)

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Basic JavaScript - Replace Loops using Recursion

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If n is 0, the sum is 0.

When n is less than or equal to 0, it implies that you don’t have any elements to sum because you’re considering the sum of the first 0 elements or a negative number of elements. In such cases, the sum should be 0, not 1.

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Thank you, the code has been run successfully.

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