go-by-example/recursion/recursion.go
2023-12-18 03:40:05 -05:00

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package main
import "fmt"
//this calls itself until it reaches the base case of fact(0)
func fact(n int) int {
if n == 0 {
return 1
}
return n * fact(n-1)
}
func main() {
fmt.Println(fact(7))
// closures can also be recursive,
// but this requires the closure to be declared with
// a typed var explicitly before its defined
var fib func(n int) int
fib = func(n int) int {
if n < 2 {
return n
}
return fib(n-1) + fib(n-2)
}
//simce fib was previously declared in main Go knows which function to call with fib here
fmt.Println(fib(7))
}