Use Recursion to Create a Countdown challenge help

[ilenia]

just to be sure there is no bug, from what challenge did you use the “Ask for help” button?

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@connorsmith480

Does the pseudocode for the above explanation look sort of like what I wrote below?

let myArray = [ ].unshift(1).unshift(2).unshift(3).unshift(4).unshift(5)

Where the [ ] was created from the base case

yes, this is pretty much what happens

take a look at this diagram if it helps visualising it (it’s for countup):

if you want the long explanation take a look at this:

freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: Use Recursion to Create a Countdown

Guide to understanding recursion As it’s one of the most frequently asked questions on the forum I’ve decided to answer here, so all of you who have hard times with recursion can easily find it. Part 1. Precedence First step to understand recursion requires understanding of operator precedence in JavaScript: Operator precedence determines how operators are parsed concerning each other. Operators with higher precedence become the operands of operators with lower precedence. Source: https://d…