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Expand Up @@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ In English, a recursive definition is when you try to define a word using the wo
A recursive function is a function that calls itself

```javascript
function countTo(max, current, list) {
function countTo(max, current) {
if (current > max) return;
console.log(current);
countTo(max, current + 1);
}

const counts = countTo(5, 1, []);
const counts = countTo(5, 1);
```

Notice that we call `countTo` inside of `countTo`. This is recursion. However this one isn't super useful as I could have easily use a for loop. However I wanted to show you a very simple case of recursion. Let's then talk about a bit more about when to use a recursive function.
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