[Tutor] A recursion question

[Kĩnũthia Mũchane]

On 11/19/2011 06:03 AM, Asokan Pichai wrote:
> Another way to do that is to avoid any intermediate variables altogether
> That may be easier to understand YMMV
>
> def counter(mylist, val):
>      if len(mylist == 0):
>             return 0
>      if mylist[0] == val:
>            return  1 + counter(mylist[1:], val)
>      else:
>            return counter(mylist[1:])
The intermediate variable explanation by Dave actually clinched it for 
me. Actually, the one I wrote is suspiciously similar to yours ;-). 
Anyway, thanks Asokan!
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> Asokan Pichai
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