Give a general outline of a successful recursive function definition.
What will be an ideal response?
For a successful recursive solution to a problem, there must be:
• One or more cases in which the function accomplishes its task by using recursive call(s) to accomplish one or more smaller versions of the task.
• One or more cases in which the function accomplishes its task without the use of any recursive calls. These cases without any recursive calls are called stopping cases, or non-recursive cases, sometimes base cases.
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A. Boolean expression B. else C. constant D. operator
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(Checkerboard Pattern) Display the following checkerboard pattern with eight output statements, then display the same pattern using as few statements as possible.
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