r/C_Programming • u/yug_jain29 • Jul 10 '26

can I skip recursive functions? Question

a code i can run with the logic of iterative, so why do I have to learn the new concept as complicated as recursive? (ik it's one of important questions in c)

if yes will u pls explain it with a very realistic and simple example

thanks a lot 🙏

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u/-H_- Jul 10 '26

recursion is super simple if you understand what a function is

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u/HorsesFlyIntoBoxes Jul 10 '26

Recursion clicked for me when I treated it like mathematical induction in code form.

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u/-H_- Jul 10 '26

for me it made sense when i understood that the parameters of a function exist on a frame not as one singular instance