Basic JavaScript: Use Recursion to Create a Countdown

A minor issue: Use of const in example, which isn’t introduced until the ES6 section.

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A very simple solution :

// Only change code below this line
var arr =[];
function countdown(n){
  if(n <= 0) {
    return arr;
  } else {
    arr.push(n);
    n--;
    countdown(n);
    return arr;
  }
}
// Only change code above this line

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