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JavaScript Recursion Explained Simply

Recursion is a technique for iterating over an operation by having a function call itself repeatedly until it arrives at a result. Most loops can be rewritten recursively.

function factorial(n) {
  if (n <= 1) return 1;
  return n * factorial(n - 1);
}
console.log(factorial(5));
console.log(factorial(0));

Read more about Recursion on MDN

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