Notes

  • A recursive method is method that calls itself.
  • It contains at least one base case that halts recursion and once recursive call
  • Each recursive call has own local variables
  • Parameter values take progress of recursive process
  • A recursion can be replaced with an iterative and give the same result
  • Recursion can traverse String, array, and ArrayList objects
  • binary search - sorted in order to maximize efficiency
  • Linear recursion - only calls itself once
  • Selection sort - finds the minimum value
  • Merge sort - divides the input array into two halves, calls itself for the two halves, and then merges the two sorted halves

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