Recursion
recursion rɪˈkəːʃ(ə)n/ noun MATHEMATICS LINGUISTICS noun: recursion the repeated application of a recursive procedure or definition. a recursive definition. plural noun: recursions Basically recursion is doing something repeatedly. In programming recursion is an act of calling itself in the function/ method scope. Think of a program where you want to count down from any given number. As an example if we input 10 then it should count from 3 to 0. We can do this using a recursive function. class Recursion{ public static void main(String args[]){ count(3); } public static void count(int n){ System.out.println(n); count(n-1); } } The function/method count, prints n taken as its parameter and call the count method again. The output will be: 3 2 1 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 ... ..- ... The method call itself recursively, so that there will be no end. It creates infinite calls and ult