python recursive function

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Gary Herron a écrit :
> Tom_chicollegeboy wrote:
>> here is what I have to do:
>>
>> This question involves a game with teddy bears. The game starts when I
>> give you some bears. You then start giving me back some bears, but you
>> must follow these rules (where n is the number of bears that you
>> have):
>>   
> This sounds very much like a homework assignment,

Indeed.

> and so should probably
> not be answered here.  (Neither should it have been asked here.)   If,
> in your attempt to write this program, you have some questions about
> Python, then I encourage to ask those questions here.

Garry, you should have read the whole post before answering. The OP's 
attempt at solving the problem was below, along with the question.

(snip)